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Metra BNSF customers are advised to seek alternate transportation after a freight train derailment disrupts service Friday morning.
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 1, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records ...
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern's merger could streamline freight through Chicago — or sideline it. Here's what’s at stake ...
Guy Fieri has stopped at more than 40 Illinois locations for Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives--including one Springfield ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois lawmakers met Thursday about the funding crisis at Chicago Public Schools. Lawmakers say they want the district to be fully funded, but don't feel it should all come from the ...
Wildfire smoke covered the Chicago area Thursday, leading to unhealthy air quality and a wave of haze, but where did it come ...
Pritzker acknowledged there is no one reason Chicago's homicide rate is down 3% from last year, shootings down 40%, and ...