Ever After in the Woods

An Old Illinois Railroad Grade Now Carries Bikers 45 Miles Through Quiet Southern Woods And Tunnels

Coal, salt, peaches, and apples once rolled along a quiet line of track through the bottom of Illinois. Today the same path ...
25 News Now

Railroad crossing in East Peoria to close Oct. 25 for repairs

A portion of Illinois 116 in East Peoria will close in just over a week for repairs to a railroad crossing. The Illinois ...
Daily Herald

I-490 rising: Cost overruns, delays trail monumental O’Hare corridor

It’s a game-changing, engineering marvel that will alter how millions of suburbanites and Chicagoans commute. But Interstate ...
Discover Magazine

Thousands of Snakes Close This Illinois Road Twice a Year as They Move Between Seasonal Habitats

Learn more about Snake Road, a 2.5-mile stretch in Illinois that is closed to cars twice a year for the safe winter migration ...

Man, 46, killed by train after walking on tracks at Elk Grove crossing, police say

A 46-year-old man was killed Thursday after walking onto railroad tracks and being struck by a train near Bond Road in Elk ...

Rail replacement closing Rt. 84 at BNSF crossing, Colona

The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that Illinois 84 at the BNSF Railway crossing in Colona will be ...
News 13

Driver of Sumter school bus hit by train faces negligence charges

BUSHNELL, Fla. — Investigators say a Sumter County school bus driver was arrested Monday on 29 charges — including culpable negligence and child neglect — after the back of the school bus she was ...