SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is accepting public comment through Jan. 31, 2026, about the ...

Two regions — Peoria and the Quad Cities — could be the largest downstate communities to benefit from the bill. It allows the Illinois Department of Transportation to use up to $476.7 million from a ...

I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty fascinated by old, abandoned places. A state with a human history as long and storied as that of the Land of Lincoln is bound to have quite a few abandoned ...

Over the last 200 years or so, abandoned places in Illinois have undergone a transformation, adopting a more modern character. Rather than earthen mounds and inscrutable clearings, many are the ...

I’ve often thought the seven-year battle played out between the city of San Jose and a group of community advocates over an abandoned railroad trestle would make for a great public-policy case study ...

MACOMB, Ill. — A local pro wrestling group is hosting its last event of the year on Saturday, Oct. 25. Destination 6 Pro Wrestling moved to Macomb, Illinois, in 2022 from Barstow, California, where it ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that rehabilitation of a crossing by Norfolk Southern railroad on Illinois 157 between Illinois 13 and Chase Lane in St. Clair County will require a ...

From Rails to Trails airs Monday, October 20 at 9:00 pm on WTTW and streaming on the PBS app. If you’ve ever walked on Chicago’s trail, The Bloomingdale Trail at the 606, you have tread where freight ...

Are you the type who enjoys exploring abandoned places and ruins in and around the Land of Lincoln? Do you enjoy giving yourself a good fright? There is one place that we think may just offer the ...

In 1940, drivers lined up for hours to be the first to drive on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which opened at midnight on Oct. 1, 1940. Journalists at the time called the Turnpike a “dream highway” and ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — The Decatur Fire Department had to cut away sections of a roof after an abandoned house caught fire Friday morning. The department responded to the fire at 1545 East Prairie ...