Sam A. Baker State Park in Patterson isn’t just another dot on the Missouri state park map—it’s 5,323 acres of pure tranquility that somehow remains one of the state’s best-kept secrets.

Ponca State Park in northeastern Nebraska is that rare unicorn of travel destinations.

Home to hundreds of campsites, miles of scenic trails, and even a swim beach, this expansive state park in Tennessee makes ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department staffers say they want to buy ranch land in the Hill Country and turn it into a state park. They're working to acquire the 54,000-acre Silver Lake ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is moving to acquire 54,000 acres of rugged Hill Country terrain in Kinney and Edwards counties, with plans to convert the land into a new state park.

There are increasing drought concerns in the Tri-State Area, and with the dry conditions comes an elevated fire risk. The U.S. Drought Monitor rates most of New York, northern New Jersey and ...

Randy Simons has a vision for the proposed High Falls State Park in Rochester and it's vivid. When the commissioner pro-tem of the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation looks ...

Plans to close an aging Jessup, Maryland, state prison next year include transferring inmates to at least two Hagerstown-area prisons and possibly all three, though details are not final, according to ...

(This story was updated to include the number of correctional officers at the three state prisons south of Hagerstown.) Plans to close an aging Jessup, Maryland, state prison next year include ...

This story was updated at 8:45 p.m. Sunday with more information about the impact of the bill. Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed a bill Sunday that gerrymanders Missouri's congressional ...

GOBLIN VALLEY STATE PARK, Utah (KUTV) — Search crews were dispatched to Goblin Valley State Park after multiple people were trapped and missing due to sudden flash flooding in Little Wildhorse Canyon.

Officials with the Pennsylvania State Police said that they are investigating after a shooting at the Neshaminy State Park Marina left a man hurt on Friday afternoon. The shooting happened sometime ...