The annual Candy Dance festival has been a tradition since 1919 when the town needed money for streetlights. Today, this September event draws crowds for handmade candies and crafts from hundreds of ...

1995: A bus loaded with high school students was hit by an express commuter train at a crossing in Fox River Grove, tearing ...

The project focuses on addressing groundwater contamination in the area, which began in the 1990s when trichloroethylene was ...

An effort to improve water quality in a Wichita neighborhood impacted by groundwater contamination took a step forward on ...

The Atlanta-based railroad is working on a transformative merger, but in the meantime, it's facing a variety of pressures.

Union Pacific plans to send Big Boy No. 4014 on a transcontinental trip next year as part of the nation’s 250th anniversary ...

The East Wing's rapid razing bypassed a detailed process for major federal renovation projects in Washington. Now, Senate ...

Union Pacific Corporation is set to acquire Norfolk Southern, creating the first transcontinental railroad giant. Learn more ...

Lake State Railway has introduced a special paint scheme one of its SD70M locomotives to celebrate the upcoming 250th ...

As a true market entrepreneur, as opposed to a political entrepreneur, James J. Hill successfully built a transcontinental ...

Both Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern delivered solid profits Thursday as the railroads continued to make the case for ...

Both Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern delivered solid profits Thursday as the railroads continued to make the case for their proposed $85 billion merger. Union Pacific wants to buy Norfolk Southern ...