Amtrak’s Borealis reached the 250,000-passenger milestone during the July 4th holiday weekend, the passenger operator has ...

Have a favorite summer food — or drink? There’s probably a suburban or city fest devoted to it. Highlights include a rib fest ...

That would take a substantial bite out of the projected $771 million shortfall in annual funding for the Chicago Transit ...

Fire breaks out in Blue Island, Chicago, damaging multiple homes and a business; one person and a firefighter injured.

Places where Robert Francis Prevost may have spent childhood in, around Dolton is mostly now photographs and memories.

Students from across the country are here in Chicago to show off their most impressive and innovative food products.

Rally-goers in Chicago are urging Illinois lawmakers to fund public transit to prevent a $770 million shortfall and ...

People rallied in downtown Chicago on Saturday to advocate for public transit funding throughout Illinois as the state faces a multi-million dollar fiscal cliff. The city’s sprawling network of trains ...

This weekend marks 30 years since the 1995 Chicago heat wave that claimed the lives of 739 people over a five-day stretch of ...

A semi-truck stuck on railroad tracks in Wheaton disrupted trains on the Union Pacific West Line Friday morning, Metra said.

A brawl broke out on a Metra Union Pacific-North train Thursday night near Wilmette. Wilmette police confirmed officers responded to a fight on the train just before 9:15 p.m. Thursday.

The Metra Electric Line, which connects downtown Chicago to the southern suburbs, will have adjusted schedules for two weekends this month to accommodate construction, officials announced Thursday.