The book was mostly complete when he finally wrote what became its first chapter, about the Hidden Gem Half Marathon. Around that time, Flossmoor native and filmmaker Joe McGrath contacted Dobrez ...

"If you can imagine the difficulties and challenges that Black people had in their lives in 1926, and for them to have ...

Plans to launch a Milwaukee-to-Madison rail service were revived in 2021, thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which ...

A 79-year-old Missouri man is accused of killing a woman in her suburban Chicago home — a crime that happened nearly six ...

The Union Pacific Railroad used to be obsessed with power. The railroad spent decades searching for and developing one locomotive to rule them all. This search resulted in icons like the Big Boy and ...

Following the departure of CEO Donald Lassere, community members are calling for leadership to rebuild trust with staff and ...

After a night that saw crowds of passengers waiting for delayed trains at Union Station, Metra is warning of more delays on ...

There’s something about winter in Illinois from a train seat. These routes make snowy landscapes feel calm, cinematic, and ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 29, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Front page flashback: Jan. 30, 2009 ...

A new push to bring an Amtrak station to Madison has returned despite passenger rail’s fraught history in the state, but it won't happen until 2032.

A man faces multiple counts of first-degree murder in connection to the shooting deaths of a woman and her young son in Joliet over the weekend, authorities said. Joseph Johnson, 29, of Joliet, ...

Norfolk Southern (NS) on Jan. 27 released its 2025 Report on Safety Accomplishments and Ongoing Initiatives, which it said ...