Artist Jordan Nickel rode trains as a kid to explore Chicago. He's painted a mural under the Purple Line and this one in the Amtrak waiting area.

Change is constant at O’Hare airport, from Orchard Place farmland to a military aircraft plant, to building the new “O’Hare Global Terminal.” ...

2005 — LeBron James, 20, becomes the youngest player to score 50 points in an NBA game, when he scores 56 in the Cavaliers’ 105-98 loss to the Raptors. 2006 — Japan beats Cuba 10-6 in the title game ...

Chicago commuter railroad Metra is donating one of the two remaining historic F40C commuter locomotives to Railroading Heritage of Midwest America. Built in 1974, Metra No. 611 spent its entire ...

A tiny desert community in Southern California has tied the highest March temperature ever recorded in the U.S. The 108 degree day in North Shore, California, came amid a record-breaking winter heat ...

The Amtrak Cardinal travels through the Appalachia Mountains, Shenandoah Valley, the nation's capital, and more on its journey between New York City and Chicago ...

A man was found dead Tuesday morning on a CTA Brown Line train at the Belmont station on Chicago’s North Side, briefly halting Brown and Purple Line service during the rush-hour commute. Police ...

With the Chicago Transit Authority already under federal pressure to address safety issues, the Trump administration is now putting the screws on the Illinois Department of Transportation, which ...

Mystic, Connecticut, is a coastal gem packed with top-notch culinary destinations, maritime attractions, and boutique shopping, and we have a local guide to the New England town.

All indications suggest that Tuesday will be the coldest St. Patrick’s Day in at least 59 years across Chicagoland.