The Underground Railroad in Livingston County was an active one, helping freedom-seeking slaves move through northeastern Illinois. A Looking for Lincoln Conversations program at 7 p.m. Wednesday will ...

Transit officials said they plan to pull one of the old trains out of storage for a commemorative ride to the Mets home ...

Historian and author Glennette Turner shares insight into the important role Illinois abolitionists played ... enslaved Africans via the Underground Railroad. Senate votes to avoid government ...

To learn more about IBTR, go to https://extension.illinois.edu/forestry, especially check out the interactive map of IBTR champions. The sheer size of the eastern cottonwood, the biggest tree in ...

Carrigan in a statement, "Warning signals, roadway approaches, and other improvements to Illinois' existing railroad infrastructure is an important measure for preventing train collisions ...

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill (WREX) – The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) approved public safety upgrades at the Five Corners Road and Crossroads Road highway-rail grade crossing of Chicago, Central and ...

Twenty-four federal facilities are set to close soon in Illinois, according to the Department of Government Efficiency website. The cuts are part of the department's plan to terminate 738 federal ...

The MBTA’s South Coast Rail project — represented by the dotted lines on the map — will offer free parking and free weekend travel for several weeks after service begins. Massachusetts Bay ...

Driver Christopher Ryan was also taken to Wynn Hospital, where he is reported to be in critical condition. LITCHFIELD, N.Y. -- Three people were seriously injured in a crash in the Town of Litchfield ...