Sep 10, 2021 Sep 10, 2021 Updated Oct 16, 2021 CARTERVILLE — Even life-long Southern Illinois residents have a tough time recognizing Crab Orchard Lake these days. For those who aren’t aware, and ...

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - Boaters, anglers and lake recreational users are happy to learn Crab Orchard Lake’s multiple repairs were finished within the past year. The Crab Orchard Wildlife ...

CARTERVILLE, Ill. (KFVS) -Work is continuing on the multi-million-dollar spillway project at the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. Crews lowered the lake 4 feet to work on the dam and improve ...

And, just like that Crab Orchard Lake is back to normal pool. The 6,965-acre lake was dropped about five feet last summer to allow for repair work on a spillway that was constructed in 1938. Southern ...

(WSIL) -- Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge will begin opening campgrounds and marinas this week with some limitations. The Blue Heron and Little Grassy Campgrounds & Marinas, as well as the Crab ...

MARION, Ill (WSIL) – A pair of young men are being celebrated as heroes after their quick thinking and courageous actions saved a woman’s life during a crisis at Crab Orchard Lake. On May 27, Zach ...

We fished Crab Orchard Lake, where Rosalie and I again visited an eagle nesting spot. The eagle wasn’t present, but we got a rare chance to watch a pileated woodpecker as he devastated a large log ...

An Illinois deputy came to the rescue of a pregnant woman whose runaway car was racing toward a freezing lake when the brakes stopped working – in a heart-pounding save captured on camera. The ...