SPARTA -- The state of Illinois plans at the end of this month to close a money-losing shooting complex that regularly draws thousands each summer for a pair of national competitions. The World ...

Illinois, is set to close on October 1 because of the state's budget impasse. The World Shooting Complex in Sparta, Ill. will suspend all shooting and camping on Thursday until state legislators ...

School-age shooters from across the country converged on Sparta at the World Shooting & Recreational Complex earlier this year, but on Thursday, the site will close. Tim Vizer BND file photo The ...