A group of historians, academics and legislators spent the last year finding sites connected to the Underground Railroad in Illinois and focusing on telling the stories of both those that helped and ...

Members of the Wallkill Valley Railway Association have proposed the restoration of the old New Paltz railroad tracks in a recent proposal to the Village Board. (Photo courtesy of Wallkill Valley Land ...

CHICAGO – An Illinois judge ordered a pair of landlords ... Michael Loria is a national reporter on the USA TODAY breaking news desk. Contact him at mloria@usatoday.com, @mchael_mchael or ...

Twenty-four federal facilities are set to close soon in Illinois, according to the Department ... The list includes facilities located in Chicago, Peoria, Springfield and more.

At a news conference outside the Bridgeport school, officials said on Wednesday that they plan to deliver a stack of petitions outlining those demands to the Chicago Board of Education.

Students and other groups seeking to protest on UNC System campuses will have new rules to follow, following a vote by the board that oversees ... defines camping in a number of ways, including ...

After months of uncertainty for hundreds of families and teachers who are facing closures at seven Acero charter schools, Chicago’s Board of Education ... Public Schools. Contact Reema at ...

New Hawks chairman Danny Wirtz said in a statement that late chairman Rocky Wirtz had wanted Chelios, a Chicago native ... careers and entering the jersey-retirement conversation, sources say ...

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Seth Perlman/AP Share Illinois Supreme Court Justice and former Chicago Bears kicker Robert ... For local Republicans, the timing of Thomas’ retirement is not ideal. Marty Keller, chairman ...