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Council Overhang is seen on an autumn morning at Starved Rock State Park, which was recently ranked among the best “great value” state park stays for 2025. Three Illinois state parks were recently ...

CHICAGO — Despite his persistent claims of innocence, Chester Weger lived six decades in prison after confessing to the haunting 1960 Starved Rock State Park murders of three suburban Chicago women ...

There will be no new trial for the man known as the Starved Rock Killer, convicted in the death of a woman in the Illinois state park in 1960. Attorneys for 86-year-old Chester Weger had been asking ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The man convicted in a 1960 Starved Rock triple murder case has died, according to his attorney. Chester Weger died on Sunday, surrounded by his family, according to attorney Andy ...

There are new places to stay in Starved Rock this year – luxury treehouses. Starved Rock Treehouses opened this year, located on a 26-acre resort on the eastern edge of Starved Rock State Park, about ...