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 ...

The 50501 movement has planned a nationwide "day of action" Saturday to counter the Trump administration’s policies on immigration, transgender people and other marginalized communities. Some ...

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.

In 2019, Metra started a poster campaign on trains to reach out and offer help to young sex trafficking victims. Six years later, the railroad is expanding those efforts to prevent human trafficking.

Metra police said that up to 20 people were effectively living in the station as the winter months wore on. That led to complaints from riders about litter, smoking and drug use.

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 ...

Oak Park commuter train station at 1115 North Blvd. (Google Maps/Screenshot) Metra police assumed operational control of the Oak Park commuter train station at 1115 North Blvd. as of April 1 ...

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 ...

Josh Sullivan, a pastor and missionary from Tennessee, was kidnapped during a church service in South Africa. Kidnappings are a growing problem in the country, with more than 17,000 of them ...

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 ...