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 ...

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 ...

SPARTA - A sprawling ... pour in for the nation's largest shooting competition. In christening the World Shooting and Recreational Complex near this southern Illinois town, officials trumpeted ...

SPARTA, Ill ... should begin next month. "The World Shooting Complex will create jobs, raise revenue, and entertain thousands of people in Illinois and outside of Illinois," Blagojevich ...

After more than 5 years of planning and 50 million dollars the new World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta, Illinois was officially opened by Governor Rod Blagojevich. The first ...