He has filed a lawsuit against Illinois Central Railroad. Solomon Perry worked at Illinois Central's Markham Railway, where he says racial epithets were scrawled onto bathroom walls and casually ...

Many traces of the Underground Railroad still remain in Illinois. Here’s a map of known sites across the state and what ...

The Hotel Florence was opulent and luxurious when the Pullman Palace Car Company controlled an area of Chicago's Far South ...

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. The ...

Art Wilson said he can't number the people he has seen moved to tears or simply walk away from an exhibit on the Underground Railroad at the Jacksonville African American History Museum because they ...

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.

Attorney General of the State of Mississippi Lynn Fitch, Illinois Central Railroad Company A/K/A Canadian National Railroad + 2 ...

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 Roosevelt ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Illinois 13 (E. Main Street) near US-51 (N. Illinois Ave.) will be closed for several days in June while crews perform repairs on the railroad crossing. Illinois Department of ...

Nov. 13—Want to purchase Sunday's print edition? Here's a map of single-copy locations. East Central Illinois has been woefully devoid of long-distance recreational rail trails, but that situation may ...