A $95,000 Cook County study considers roadway under Interstate 57 to relieve congestion when trains block Western Avenue in Dixmoor.

Social Turners, a German American gymnastics club, founded its Chicago chapter ... but the country’s western expansion demanded an east–west transcontinental railroad. The question in the ...

Mike Miley/ flickr Flying a 1969 training mission with ... For 40 minutes he circled the area, memorizing the roads, railroad tracks, lakes, and rivers of the site, 85 miles northwest of Milwaukee ...

GREEN MOUNTAIN — On March 21, 1910, a train derailment near the Marshall/Tama county line (four miles northeast of Green Mountain) resulted in the worst railroad accident in Iowa history.

Local keepers of the history of the Underground Railroad in the Chicago area and south suburbs are applauding progress of state legislation to create a statewide commission devoted to the subject.

It’s time once again for our Best of the Midwest feature! Are you trying to come up with some vacation ideas that are only a quick getaway from the Chicago area? Well, John Williams has some great ...

Landmarks Illinois also listed the outdoor theater at the South Shore Cultural Center, at 7059 S. South Shore Dr. The South ...

Wall St. Insights While New Orleans has grown by 150,000 residents since Katrina, it is still far from its peak population.

CHICAGO (AP) — With his massive frame and larger-than-life persona, Steve McMichael was natural for the gridiron and the squared circle. The man known as “Mongo” and “Ming The Merciless ...

FILE - Former Chicago Bears defensive tackle Steve McMichael ... and countless friends and fans of a great Bear.” Pro Football Hall of Fame president and CEO Jim Porter said in a statement ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Steve McMichael, a star defensive tackle on the Chicago Bears’ famed 1985 Super Bowl championship team whose larger-than-life personality made him a fixture in the Windy City ...

Steve McMichael, a star defensive tackle on the Chicago Bears’ famed 1985 Super ... at the WWF’s WrestleMania when the New York Giants great met Bam Bam Bigelow. Later that year, he started ...