“I love it already,” state fisheries chief Mike Conlin burbled as we embarked upon Illinois’ only commercial whitewater river rafting excursion last Sunday. The Vermilion River was swift and ...

I am disturbed about recent editorials in The Tribune supporting the designation of the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River as a federally protected Wild and Scenic River. The majority of the people… ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation is performing maintenance on the bridge carrying the road over the Vermilion River. On Monday, the bridge was reduced to one lane between Bluff Street and ...

DANVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — Authorities in Danville are searching the Vermilion River for a boy who went missing overnight. Danville Police said the boy is 12 years old. He was reported missing by ...

The Let's Talk Womxn event at Vermilion in River North featured Illinois Congresswoman Robin Kelly and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton.

Activists Say An Illinois River Could Be Next Coal Ash Disaster Site Coal ash, a toxic material produced by coal plants, is sitting on the banks of a protected stretch of an Illinois river.

The Vermilion was first stocked by the Ohio DOW with more than 66,000 Little Manistee River trout from 6 to 8 inches in 2002. In the spring of 2003, more than 117,000 more trout were stocked.

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With 57 types of fish and 190 types of birds, the Vermilion River is the only state-designated wild and scenic river in Illinois. However, of these various creatures dominating the landscape, 24 ...

The Vermillion River was once considered unfit for any game fish, but it's gained a reputation as a trophy brown trout stream. Since 2005, the DNR has acquired land protecting nearly 10 miles of ...

The Middle Fork of the Vermilion River is threatened by three coal ash pits created by the nearby Vermilion Power station, according to the report.

The scout in the canoe ahead wasn’t happy. It was clear the boy wanted to be anywhere but here on the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River — the only designated National Scenic River in Illinois ...