Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Standing on the edge of a 300-foot limestone bluff in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, Machaela Sweeney could thank the ...

About once a year, I make the long trek from Michigan to one of our Southern states to attend one of my favorite travel creator conferences. That means I get the joy of driving through Southernmost ...

MARION, Ill. (KFVS) - 2023 was a record year for tourism in southern Illinois and leaders say it’s only going to continue. Ashlee Spiller is the executive director of Visit SI. She said Williamson ...

A pair of entities are looking to boost businesses in the region by sending Southern Illinoisans on a “goose chase.” Carbondale Tourism and the Small Business Development Center at Southern Illinois ...

CARTERVILLE — With construction underway at a new sports complex in Marion, southern Illinois will soon experience a surge in tourism, and John A. Logan College is poised to make a significant impact ...

The total solar eclipse on the afternoon of April 8 will be visible over 128 miles throughout southern and southeastern Illinois, a phenomenon that is expected to bring up to 200,000 visitors to the ...

WOLF LAKE. Ill. — Standing on the edge of a 300-foot limestone bluff in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, Machaela Sweeney could thank the perfect words she typed into ChatGPT for bringing ...

Rock formations in the Garden of the Gods Wilderness in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest. Among the fauna that can be observed in the area are, from left, an Eastern kingbird, deer and a ...

Machaela Sweeney enjoys the view at the top of Inspiration Point near the Mississippi River in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest. Maggie Dougherty Medill Illinois News Bureau WOLF LAKE, Ill.

Standing on the edge of a 300-foot limestone bluff in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, Machaela Sweeney could thank the perfect words she typed into ChatGPT for bringing her to the ...

Machaela Sweeney enjoys the view at the top of Inspiration Point near the Mississippi River in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest. Sculptures peak through the leaves in the secret garden ...