CHICAGO — State and local leaders along with members of the community are commemorating Illinois’ rich history with a new historical marker honoring an Underground Railroad site on the far South Side.

A railroad company is blaming a 23-year-old Waterloo man who was hit and killed by a train, as well as the farm that employed him, for a derailment in Monroe County four years ago. Union Pacific ...

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (WAND) - Woodlawn Farm was built in 1824. Visitors can tour the home to see what life was like in the 19th century. But the home has a different history as well. The farm served as ...

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (WAND) - History comes to life at Woodlawn Farms in Jacksonville. Dressed in their century attire, Barbara Sulter and Terry Maggart walk visitors through a historic home that was ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Wisconsin’s 76th Alice in Dairyland, Ashley Hagenow, reminds us of some ways to stay safe on roadways, around farm equipment, and at railroad crossings this harvest season.

An Illinois State Police photo, right, shows the Union Pacific train that derailed after hitting and killing Jonah Matthews on June 14, 2019, in Monroe County. He was driving a tractor for Glendell H ...