WHITTINGTON — The Rend Lake Resort and Conference Center has a fresh new look with the recent completion of a multi-year renovation project. Over the past two years, every guest room on the property, ...

WHITTINGTON (WSIL) -- Once a popular destination drawing people from St. Louis and Chicago for weekend get aways on the water Rend Lake Resort has sat empty for almost four years. If you were to walk ...

WHITTINGTON — Repairs to several buildings at the Rend Lake Resort have been completed and the "boatel" there has been demolished as the state continues to seek a vendor to run the resort, which has ...

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SPRINGFIELD — When state lawmakers voted on bipartisan lines in 2019 to double Illinois’ motor fuel tax and raise several driving-related fees, it laid the groundwork for a $45 billion infrastructure ...

Barricades are seen in December 2016 behind the entrance sign for Rend Lake Resort. The state closed the resort that month and was seeking bids from vendors who could reopen the tourist destination.