Amtrak resumes full service next week
Amtrak is resuming full services next week.
California man busted with nearly 28.6 pounds of cannabis on AMTRAK train
The Knox County Sheriff’s Department has made another large bust of drugs on an AMTRAK train.
Amtrak ends policy resulting in $25,000 bill for activists
CHICAGO (AP) — Amtrak announced Wednesday the suspension of a pricing policy that resulted in a $25,000 travel bill for a group of wheelchair-bound activists heading to Bloomington-Normal, Illinois from Chicago for a conference and rally on
Report: 2 Illinois routes among Amtrak’s worst performing
CHICAGO (AP) – A new government report shows that two of Amtrak’s Illinois trains routes are among the worst-performing in the nation.
Chicago group wants to save power plant facing wrecking ball
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago preservationists say an old coal-fired power plant shouldn’t be demolished because it’s a monument to the city’s roots to its industrial past.
Amtrak train strikes vehicle, multiple cars derailed
UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill. (AP) – Amtrak says a train struck a vehicle on the tracks in northeast Illinois, causing several cars to derail.
1 dead after Amtrak train hits van in suburban Chicago
MORTON GROVE, Ill. (AP) – The driver of a minivan was killed when an Amtrak train slammed into the vehicle at a suburban Chicago crossing.
Amtrak-related marijuana bust one of several in past few weeks
The Knox County Sheriffs Department says they were able to seize tens of thousands of dollars worth of marijuana off an Amtrak train earlier this week.
Authorities say a person was killed after being struck by a train in southern Illinois
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – Authorities say a person was killed after being struck by a train in southern Illinois.
25-year-old man dead in Illinois tractor-train crash
WYANET, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois man who was killed on Thanksgiving when his farm tractor collided with an Amtrak train was newly married and 25 years old.