DECATUR — After what has for some seemed an eternity, settlement checks from the class action lawsuit against Illinois Central Railroad are finally making it to their destinations.

Illinois' Underground Railroad" will be exhibited through Dec. 31 in the Sargent Gallery at Lincoln Log Cabin's visitor ...

The start of the new school year is near. But students aren't the only ones getting ready -- Central Illinois teachers are too.

Americans will celebrate Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 1 to honor and recognize the contributions of workers in the country. Is ...

Here's a roundup of upcoming special and kids' events, music, theater and nightlife in Central Illinois.

It might surprise you how much kids love visiting the Central Florida Railroad Museum in Winter Garden, Orlando. The museum has a scavenger hunt to help engage children in the interactive displays ...

My hometown of McComb lost many hundreds of jobs when the Illinois Central Railroad Co. closed its maintenance shops in the 1970s. Those jobs had literally built the city, founded in 1872.

Illinois State Police on Monday issued surveillance photos of a man wanted in the shooting of two police officers in central Illinois while naked this past weekend. The search continued Monday for ...

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The Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Illinois said that due to a lack of funding, several program locations have been cut.

(WAND) — Eight school districts across Central Illinois will receive over $3 million in funding on top of the base funding that the state provides.

CSU was built in 1972 on what had been a vast Illinois Central Railroad yard. In the decades since, the campus has matured into one in which its buildings sit in a near-forest of mature trees.