Chicago has depended on its trusty elevated rail system for well more than a century. Every day, some 400,000 riders board ...

Illinois Gov. William Stratton, center, walks through a barrier on the new Northwest Expressway (later renamed the Kennedy ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra has resolved a system-wide outage impacting safety technology, and trains are operating with delays on Tuesday evening. A Metra spokesperson said a positive train control outage ...

Michigan City, Indiana, once defined by smokestacks and factories, is rewriting its story as a beachside escape — and a Chicago suburb in all but name. Officials and developers in the city are leaning ...

Police are looking for three male suspects in connection with a robbery on a CTA train in the Loop. The incident happened a little before 11 p.m. on Sept. 26. CHICAGO - Police are looking for three ...

An Amtrak train headed from Milwaukee to Chicago crashed into a construction vehicle Sept. 21 in Lake Forest, Illinois, authorities say. The person operating the construction vehicle, a front-end ...

Illinois officials are working to restore Metra passenger rail service between Rockford and Chicago. The $275 million project is funded, with construction expected to begin in spring 2026. Service is ...

Amtrak is dismantling two coaling towers in southwest Michigan and Indiana, affecting the passenger line's Wolverine and Blue Water schedules in Michigan from Sept. 15-19. "Structures along routes ...

The potential for a showdown over crime in Chicago – not just between law enforcement and crooks but between the federal government and city leaders – is escalating. With US troops patrolling ...

Michael Korosa was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Elijah Flores GoFundMe 9-year-old Elijah Flores died following an altercation at a Chicago train station Michael Korosa was ...