The Skokie museum closed Monday. Some exhibits will be available at a smaller satellite site starting on July 1 at the former ...

Just before midnight Saturday, Illinois legislators passed a record-high $55.1 billion Fiscal Year 2026 budget, which ...

Traveling Route 66? One of the first stops to make is in Springfield, Illinois. With so much to see, do, and taste, there are ...

Illinois Railway Museum’s Frisco 2-10-0, No. 1630, has been sidelined by a mechanical issue. IRM UNION, Ill. — A “mechanical issue” discovered during preparations for the 2025 season has led the ...

A Metra train hit a pedestrian Wednesday in the west Chicago suburb of Brookfield. Brookfield police said at 7:49 p.m. that the Metra BNSF Line train hit the pedestrian near the Maple Avenue grade ...

UNION, Ill. -- The Illinois Railway Museum has long stood in the shadow of big-city museums, the little kid on the block visited mostly by train buffs who know the difference between a Nebraska ...

Members of the Field Museum’s labor union and their supporters rallied outside the natural history museum on Wednesday to protest low wages and the slow progress of contract negotiations with ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Dozens of Field Museum staff rally for a fair union contract outside ... which represents workers in Illinois, had added more than 2,200 members from the ...

TRAIN FANS FOLLOWED THE TRACKS TO COUNCIL BLUFFS TODAY. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD MUSEUM HELD ITS WINTER SPECTACULAR THIS WEEKEND. YOUNGER ATTENDEES CAN CONTROL THE T TRACK AND LEAVE WITH A SMALL ...

Explore top kid-friendly events in Chicago, May 30-June 1, including family-friendly performances, art and music festivals and more. Grab some snacks and enjoy these fun family flicks at a park in the ...

the director of the Logan County Economic Development Partnership in Illinois. Image The museum was made to look like an old Texaco gas station so the giant attendant, known as Big Friend ...