The family of a 22-year-old woman hit and killed by a Metra train last summer is now suing the rail agency over safety ...

Grace Bentkowski, 22, was crossing the tracks at the Hegewisch station at 13730 S. Brainard Ave last July when she was hit by a South Shore Line train.

You’ve probably seen Justus Roe’s murals around Chicago.

Metra has donated F40C No. 614, one of just two such surviving locomotives, to the Illinois Railway Museum. IRM says in a ...

Illinois may be know as the Land of Lincoln, but the attractions it offers for kids and families go beyond the 16th president ...

News from around the Southland includes items from Orland Township, Metra lines, Homewood-Flossmoor and Palos Park.

A 19-year-old is facing charges of DUI and reckless homicide after he allegedly attempted to drive around crossing gates ...

Gov. JB Pritzker’s $55.2 billion budget proposal unveiled Wednesday included funding for priorities such as education, human ...

Metra’s board of directors gave their approval Wednesday to a nearly $9 million plan to completely renovate the 115th ...

A pedestrian was transported to the hospital after being struck by a Metra train on the Union Pacific West Line in | Contact ...

Metra said both inbound and outbound trains are halted as a result of the incident and extensive delays are anticipated.

The person was struck by inbound train No. 26 about 7:40 a.m. Tuesday, an official said. The train, which was stopping at the ...