Upcoming projects including a new elevator for the Downtown Metra station as well as summer activities were given preliminary approvals in a series of Kenosha city meetings this week. They advance ...

Metra announced on Wednesday, April 16, that it will recognize Take a Child to Work Day on Thursday, April 24, by allowing young people 12 and under who are accompanied by an adult to ride for free.

The product voted as the Coolest Thing Made in Illinois in the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association Makers Madness contest was designed to solve a problem. Plano-based MTH Pump President Tim Tremain ...

Happy Easter weekend, everyone! If, like me, you're enjoying more than usual two days off work, I'm sure you'll be finding some time to stream a bunch of new movies and TV shows on some of the ...

The village of Huntley is acquiring land near Kreutzer Road and the railroad tracks. The village is taking possession of about 12.2 acres of vacant property for “future municipal purposes,” according ...

Metra Rock Island District train No. 513 eases past 16th Street Tower at 9;34 p.m. on April 11, 2025 — the tower’s last night in operation. David Lassen CHICAGO — J.D. Danton’s shift at Metra’s 16th ...

CHICAGO - An Illinois woman was charged with driving under the influence during a crash on I-94 that killed one of her passengers early Sunday morning. The crash happened around 3:15 a.m. in the ...

The moment a semi-truck and a train collided in Minnesota was caught on camera. It happened in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota as a driver with a grain trailer tried to turn into a business by crossing ...

Long-stalled work to rehabilitate and modernize the 59th Street Metra station could begin next year, a Metra official says. Originally planned to start in 2022, construction was delayed by more than ...

Metra settled on the location for its new Woodstock rail yard — the farmland near the existing Union Pacific Northwest Line tracks, east of Lamb Road Metra wants to build a larger, more modern rail ...

CTA, Metra and Pace fare revenues are yet to return to pre-pandemic levels, even as they experimented with increasing off-peak and weekend service to try to attract riders beyond the traditional ...