Homewood officials plan a tax increment financing district in the village’s downtown near the Metra Electric Line station.

Suburban Wheaton residents are being asked to stay away from a key downtown intersection after a crash knocked down power ...

The Elgin City Council has approved a $2.5 million contract with ATI Restoration to demolish and clear the eight-acre ...

MAYWOOD, Ill. (CBS) -- Metra Union Pacific West trains were halted during the evening rush Thursday after a train hit a car in Maywood. Both inbound and outbound trains were stopped near Maywood ...

Chicago's West Side is a cultural melting pot ... but a lack of lodging will make spending the night here difficult. Accessible via Metra's 47th Street (Kenwood) stop on the Metra Electric ...

ELGIN, Ill. (WLS) -- A pedestrian was struck by a Metra Milwaukee District West in Elgin Friday morning, Metra said. The incident occurred on the tracks near Kimball and State streets. Milwaukee ...

Chicago-area residents will once ... The final trains out of the city on the BNSF, Metra Electric, Milwaukee District North, Milwaukee District West, Rock Island, Union Pacific North, Union ...

Sun-Times file Share A pedestrian was struck by a Metra Milwaukee District West train Friday morning near a station in Elgin. Just before 7 a.m., train #2210 struck a person at Kimball and State ...

Carter's departure comes state lawmakers debate a plan to merge Chicago’s public transit systems ahead of a $771 million ...

A train struck a pedestrian in Elgin, causing Metra delays and non-life-threatening injuries to the individual.

With the coldest air of the season expected to blanket the Chicago area in coming days, Amtrak has preemptively canceled ...