The family of a 22-year-old woman hit and killed by a Metra train last summer is now suing the rail agency over safety ...

The Jacksonville and Lincoln developmental centers, long closed and dormant, are poised for potential transformation.

A suspect is in custody after a woman was killed and her two young boys were wounded in domestic-related stabbings that ...

When Abraham Lincoln was about 19 years old, he made his first voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers with a load of produce to sell in New Orleans. In ...

You’ve probably seen Justus Roe’s murals around Chicago.

Illinois may be know as the Land of Lincoln, but the attractions it offers for kids and families go beyond the 16th president ...

But what drew me into town was the American Giant Museum and Route 66 Land of Giants Rest Stop…and that coconut pie.

The paint scheme of locomotive No. 1616 will feature “the unique colors of Lincoln’s era,” UP (NYSE: UNP) said in a press release. It also honors steam locomotive No. 119, one of the two engines ...

Authorities have released the identities of two people who died in a shooting Saturday inside a convenience store at a gas station in Northwest Indiana.

Two people were killed in a murder-suicide on Saturday morning at a gas station in Merrillville, Indiana, authorities said.

Hundreds of scouts gathered at Lincoln Heritage Council to celebrate 115 years of scouting and the organization's new name, Scouting America.

The Lake County Coroner's Office has identified the two people killed Saturday morning in what police describe as a ...