Central City officials have announced the West Ellis Street railroad crossing will be closed to traffic starting at seven am Monday and will be closed for about a week. There will be marked detours.

Micheal Wigh of Brandon has been interested in history since he was a young boy. “My interest in history goes back to my ...

Opening Friday afternoon, RISE at Salt Shed is reportedly the first cannabis retail store to operate inside a U.S. music ...

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a winter storm watch for the entire Central Illinois area from midnight Saturday through noon on Monday, Jan. 6. “We expect (snow) in the early ...

Merchant transmission lines could play a crucial role in delivering clean energy to Illinois customers, advocates say, and a ...

Grand Trunk Western steam provided a last look for many Midwest railfans. Despite having a large population with sizeable ...

The Chehalis-Centralia Railroad and Museum (CCRM) is selling tickets for a two-hour "Valentine's Sweetheart Dinner Train Ride" in the historic 1920s dining car. The ride is scheduled for 5 p.m. on ...

The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad announced it was purchasing the buildings on the west side of Washington Street ...

He recalled that he had spoken in Champaign before, but the June 1925 speech by three-time presidential candidate William ...

The Godfrey depot, located off Pearl Street, was a key hub for the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, serving Alton area ...

Pritzker described the upcoming budget as “challenging” but added that since taking office, he’s addressed a number of fiscal crises in Illinois. “We are doing the best that we can to try ...