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 ...

As state legislators consider a bill that would merge four Chicago area transit agencies into one, the Regional ...

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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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 ...

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 ...

Illinois basketball has slavishly chased the numbers this season, tying its fortunes to a metrics-based approach that prizes a blistering offensive pace and avalanches of three-point attempts.

Martin County Fire Rescue and the Florida Forest Service fought the fire with help from water drops by a Martin County ...