YWCA Elgin’s annual Cinderella’s Closet formalwear sale for high school students will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 7, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, March, 8 at the organization’s 220 ...

Construction on a new rail system connecting Rockford and Chicago is scheduled to ...

The body of a 52-year-old Elgin man reported missing in January was found in the Jelkes Creek in West Dundee, officials said. Joseph Johnson was identified by the Kane County coroner’s office ...

Metra Southwest Service has resumed after a freight train derailed in Chicago Ridge early Wednesday morning. The derailment took place near Ridgeland Avenue and Central Avenue around 4:30 a.m, and ...

Metra trains on the BNSF Line were disrupted in Chicago's western suburbs Tuesday morning after a train hit a pedestrian. Metra confirmed the pedestrian was killed, but did not immediately have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trains on the Metra BNSF Line were halted in both directions after a truck struck a bridge near Cicero Thursday morning. Metra ...

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WESTMONT, Ill. (WLS) -- Train service on the Metra BNSF Line has been disrupted Tuesday morning after a train hit a pedestrian near Westmont, Metra said. Metra said train #1207 struck a pedestrian and ...

A person killed by a Metra train in Mount Prospect on Friday has been identified as a resident of that suburb. Richard Greda, 55, was fatally injured about 2:15 p.m. on the Union Pacific Northwest ...