Illinois Central Railroad was once one of the mightiest businesses in the Midwest. Beginning in the 1850s, “The Main Line of Mid-America” rolled freight and passenger trains out of Chicago ...

A Hyde Park, Chicago event honored victims, survivors and first responders of the deadly 1972 Chicago train crash on the Illinois Central Railroad.

While much of the history of the Underground Railroad is well known, detailed and original artifacts from its participants are rare. So historian Owen Muelder of Knox College knows he’s lucky… ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A state task force is making recommendations to enhance educational and historic remembrance of the Underground Railroad in Illinois during the 1800s.

Illinois 159 south of downtown Belleville will be shut down from East McKinley Street to East Cleveland Street beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, until 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13 so crews can ...