State Sen. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, filed the "State Park Preservation Act" in December. The bill, championed in the House of Representatives by state Rep. John Snyder, R-Stuart, cleared the full ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A new state park is in the works for Texas, and it just got one step closer to a reality. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) announced Monday that it had finalized ...

For now, the state park land - which makes up more than 80% of the island - is mostly closed to visitors as the massive clean-up job continues, said Dominick Miller, chief of marketing for ...

Wildlife photographed on land across the river from Colorado Bend State Park that was recently purchased by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.(Chase Fountain ...

EAST LYME, CT (WFSB) - Rocky Neck State Park in East Lyme reopened on Monday after it had been closed for a brush fire. Crews responded to the large brush fire on Sunday afternoon. Mutual aid from ...

MADISON COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - A Kentucky state park announced that its campgrounds will be closed for several months due to Kentucky River flooding events. Fort Boonesborough State Park says the ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KWTX) - The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) says they recently finalized the purchase of 1,100 acres in Lampasas and Burnet Counties, bringing a new state park in Texas ...

When Gov. JB Pritzker in late March signed legislation that will give Shabbona Lake State Park to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, this wasn’t just acknowledging Native people once lived on ...

A 7-year-old boy and his mother fell 25 to 30 feet into a canyon at Starved Rock State Park southwest of Chicago late Tuesday. The Utica, Illinois Fire Department said at 5:57 p.m., its first ...

Robert E. Crimo III has held Highland Park, Illinois, hostage since that summer day in 2022, residents say. Some are still ...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied the state's request for emergency relief funds to help repair damage from a deadly bomb cyclone in November The ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Guests are encouraged to see the Japanese Yoshino cherry blossom trees blooming in White River State Park. In 2012, Japan gifted Indianapolis 52 Yoshino cherry trees to celebrate the ...