The Illinois Department of Transportation announces the temporary closure of a portion of Illinois 64.

This story is the first of three about the building housing the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park.

DECATUR - After what has for some seemed an eternity, settlement checks from the class-action lawsuit against Illinois Central Railroad finally are making it to their destinations. The lawsuit ...

Be bold enough to ask what history lives in your backyard. Be brave enough to learn what you were never taught.

Visitors will be able to learn these stories through photos, videos, maps, personal stories ... a black Canadian who worked on the Illinois Central Railroad where he helped smuggle escapees ...

A new traveling exhibit has landed in Central Illinois highlighting the state ... Journey to Freedom includes a map of the United States during the time the Underground Railroad was active. Illinois ...

Today is Saturday, Jan. 11, the 11th day of 2025. There are 354 days left in the year. Today in history: Advertisement Article continues below this ad On Jan. 11, 1908, President Theodore ...

An 1863 map of Champaign County shows Mink Grove, highlighted in green, just west of Rantoul and the Illinois Central Railroad tracks that bisect the village. Archa Campbell is believed to be the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A state task force is making recommendations to enhance educational and historic remembrance of the Underground Railroad in Illinois during the 1800s. The Underground ...

Site of the Illinois Central Railroad Passenger Depot in Cairo - The site was part of a rapid escape route for freedom seekers who hid on board train cars, often directly assisted by free Black ...

Central Illinois is often misunderstood. People aren’t nearly as conservative as they are made out to be, nor do they cling to traditional, old-school ways as their northern neighbors in Chicago ...

Here’s a map of single-copy locations ... of towns in Champaign County, the railroad missed the county seat in Urbana by almost 2 miles. The Illinois Central was criticized by some for missing ...