After complaints over odors and dust went unheeded, the chief executive of the suburban Hampshire company TiEnergy says he ...

Canadian National is party to several collective bargaining agreements with key unions, including the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference. This leads to the threat of work stoppage during periods of ...

Did you know that there are no Victorian-era homes on the east side of Bay Street south of Central Avenue ... the rise and fall of the Alameda Belt Line railroad (with its yards once busy in nearby ...

The Pontiac Public Library is hosting the month-long exhibition with special events scheduled for Feb. 11 and 22.

PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...

10 must-visit historic railroad towns will involve a journey through railroading’s past and present in these iconic ...

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While a storm system moving through the area this weekend will bring some freezing drizzle to the area on Saturday, the systems that follow will stand a better chance of bringing accumulating snow to ...

CARMI, Il. (WEVV) — Multiple streets are closed in Carmi, Illinois following a fatal train versus pedestrian accident Monday morning. Carmi Police Department reports that the railroad crossing at ...

Enough people are noticing in Illinois that some counties want to secede from the Land of Lincoln and join a state that isn’t ruled by public unions and their political yes-men. In November ...

Public schools in Illinois are administered and funded on all levels: local, state, and federal. Superintendent Mark Jontry, who oversees schools in McLean, Livingston, Logan, and DeWitt Counties ...