A bicyclist’s recent death at the South Calumet Road railroad crossing in Chesterton’s downtown has spurred town officials ...

Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share The Real ID rush has prompted Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias to launch a new downtown “supercenter” to process thousands of residents seeking the ...

Sun-Times file Share Extensive delays persist Tuesday after a person was fatally struck by a Metra train at an Evanston station. The Union Pacific North train hit the person around 11 p.m. Monday ...

Calumet head coach Jacob Mayfield hunched over to exhale a deep breath of relief. A moment later, a tap on his shoulder broke the stillness, followed by a familiar voice. His son, Hunter, leapt onto ...

The Calumet City Elementary District 155 Board recently censured one of its members, Lamarr Miller, after learning he previously was disciplined for inappropriate behavior with students.

The two persons who died in a head-on crash last week in Calumet County have been identified. The Calumet County Sheriff’s Office said that Town of New Holstein residents, 73-year old Ronald Woelfel ...

A woman was killed when she was hit by a train in Fresno, California on Saturday, March 8, 2025. Anthony Galaviz [email protected] A pedestrian was killed Saturday morning after she was ...

Amtrak launched a new temporary route last fall called “the Floridian” — the name of a route that was discontinued in 1979. This version of the Floridian, it said, would travel from Chicago ...

Amtrak’s Gulf Coast route isn’t ready for the proverbial ‘Y’all aboard’ quite yet, but signals are starting to crank up. By next month, details about a start date and fares should be ...

Amtrak, after investing more than $4 billion in a year to improve its creaky infrastructure and aging fleet, said it expected to make a profit for the first time under President Trump. By Tim Balk ...

‘The market is exactly the wrong place to put something if you want a rail transportation system that meets the needs of all of America.’ [Photo: Amtrak, Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Inc./Getty ...

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