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Illinois may be know as the Land of Lincoln, but the attractions it offers for kids and families go beyond the 16th president and the Windy City. There are lots of fun, quirky, active, outdoorsy, ...

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

Trevor Andrews announced a 37-man recruiting class in February 2023, about two months after he took over as head football coach of the Dayton Flyers. A year later, he brought in a 32-man class.

Central Illinois lawmakers had much to say about Governor JB Pritzker’s State of the State address. Some Democrats applauded ...

Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, has died.

Indiana takes the first step toward welcoming Land of Pritzker counties that want to secede.

The utility will resume work on its long-delayed, over-budget program, but the Illinois Commerce Commission has ordered it to ...

Staton, who went by the name of Mabel Landry when she attended DePaul in the 1950s, before the school had a women's track team, was inducted into the university's athletic Hall of Fame in 2011.

Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the ...

The paint scheme of locomotive No. 1616 will feature “the unique colors of Lincoln’s era,” UP (NYSE: UNP) said in a press release. It also honors steam locomotive No. 119, one of the two engines ...

A push for Illinois counties to separate has been ongoing for at least a decade but is gaining traction. Since 2020, 33 ...