You know that feeling when you realize you’ve been ignoring something wonderful that’s been right under your nose the whole time? That’s exactly what’s happening with Decatur, Illinois, a city that ...

The Monticello Railway Museum in Monticello, Illinois offers you a chance to experience authentic vintage train travel that’ll transport you straight into a storybook adventure, complete with ...

Affordable living meets lakeside charm in Decatur, Illinois. Explore parks, shows, dining, and easygoing streets without big-city costs.

ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Passenger rail service has been slowly expanding across Illinois in recent years. In 2025, provisions for new passenger lines from Chicago to Peoria and the Quad Cities were a part ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The groundhog checks for its shadow, baseball bats and fishing rods come out of winter storage and Peoria’s Official Spring Home Show comes to the Peoria Civic Center. “It’s just ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – Hamburgers, shakes and fries. A new McDonald’s will be constructed on the south side of Decatur. “Break ground this summer and hopefully be open before the end of the year,” ...

The frightening moment an avalanche thundered down a mountainside and slammed into a train traveling through the Swiss Alps was captured by a tourist. The dramatic incident unfolded on Feb. 17 near ...

BELLEVILLE — The mother of a Collinsville woman who was critically injured when she was struck by a MetroLink train Tuesday said she is helping care for her daughter at a St. Louis hospital and wants ...

The federal Transportation Department says more than 550 commercial driving schools in the U.S. that train truckers and bus drivers must close after investigators found they employed unqualified ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (WSIL) — The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) has awarded $2,347,608 to Man-Tra-Con Corporation to operate a free clean energy workforce training hub ...

MIDDLEBURY — All Aboard! The Essenhaus campus will host its 16th annual train show from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at 240 U.S. 20. The event will feature more than 40 vendors and 178 ...

The mother of a Collinsville woman who was critically injured when she was struck by a MetroLink train Tuesday said she is helping care for her daughter at a St. Louis hospital and wants police to ...