A 3,000 acre brush fire, now dubbed the Hat Rock fire, ignited in Umatilla County on Tuesday morning in Juniper Canyon. Hat Rock State Park is under Level 2 (be set) evacuation orders, and the fire is ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Metra’s board of directors gave their approval Wednesday to a nearly $9 million plan to completely renovate the 115th Street-Morgan Park station on the the Rock Island Line. The depot ...

Commuters using Metra’s Rock Island service can expect more delays and cancellations after an earlier derailment on Monday. According to the latest update from the agency, all inbound trains between ...

MIDLOTHIAN, Ill. (WLS) -- A Metra Rock Island train struck a car in Midlothian Tuesday morning. At about 5 a.m., Metra Rock Island inbound train #400 hit a car at the grade crossing between Willow ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Hundreds of passengers were evacuated after a Metra Rock Island train car derailed in Chicago Monday morning. The derailment occurred near Clark and 13th streets in the South Loop at ...