About 150,000 years ago, the area that is now known as Monroe County in southwest Illinois was covered in ice hundreds of feet thick. When the ice melted, the water flowed into fractures in the area’s ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. About 150,000 years ago, the area that is now known as Monroe County in southwest Illinois was covered in ice hundreds of feet ...

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Caverns in southern Illinois will reopen to the public for the first time in over 10 years, after being closed due to an abundance of caution, officials announced. The Illinois Department of Natural ...

Illinois Caverns reopened to the public Wednesday after being closed for 10 years. Located south of Waterloo, Illinois Caverns was closed in 2010 as a precaution against the spread of White-nose ...

ST. LOUIS — As the Show Me St. Louis team continued their take over in Waterloo Illinois, on-air talent, Malik Wilson took a little detour to check out the Illinois Caverns. Illinois Caverns is ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced that the Illinois Caverns State Natural Area will be reopening after 10 years of closure. DNR officials said in a news release on Tuesday, June 8 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — A cave system in southern Illinois closed more than a decade ago will reopen to the public this month. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced this week that ...

Colleen Callahan, director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, cut the ceremonial ribbon dedicating the reopening of Illinois Caverns. Various rock formations can be found inside the cave ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WATERLOO, Ill. – Throw on your boots because ...

Caverns in southern Illinois will reopen to the public for the first time in over 10 years, after being closed due to an abundance of caution, officials announced. The Illinois Department of Natural ...