USA Today has a list of the top 10 family-friendly Christmas trains in the US. A small town in Wisconsin makes the list!

Burlington Route history begins with the Aurora Branch Railroad, chartered on Feb. 12, 1849, to build a line from Aurora, Ill ...

State Sen. Dave Koehler, D-Peoria, represents parts of Bloomington-Normal. More than 200 historical sites in Illinois have been identified as a part of the Underground Railroad, according to an ...

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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Illinois state Sen. David Koehler, D-Peoria, center, and state Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin, D-Matteson, co ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force on Tuesday presented its ongoing findings on the important role Illinois played in the history of helping slaves reach freedom.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) — Illinois played a pivotal role in the Underground Railroad, with new information about it to be uncovered. State Senator Dave Koehler, alongside other Illinois ...

(The Center Square) – An Illinois task force investigating the state’s ties with the Underground Railroad has presented its findings to the state legislature. During the years leading up to the Civil ...

Soon, next year we are told, the heretofore hidden history of Illinois’ Underground Railroad will begin to be assembled, documented, recorded and made public. And it only took 200 years.

SPRINGFIELD — A task force created by a 2023 law to explore ways chronicle Illinois’ Underground Railroad history announced its findings last week, recommending the state create a commission ...