DECATUR — After what has for some seemed an eternity, settlement checks from the class action lawsuit against Illinois Central Railroad are finally making it to their destinations. The lawsuit, which ...

The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association and the Association of American Railroads (AAR) on Dec. 4 filed an amicus brief in support of petitioners CN and the Illinois Central Railroad ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker disclosed earlier this month that his administration seeks to commit almost $1 billion of planned ...

It connected the Great Lakes to the Gulf, fueled Chicago’s rise, and powered America’s economy. But after a century of dominance, the Illinois Central was absorbed, erased, and almost forgotten ...

DECATUR - After what has for some seemed an eternity, settlement checks from the class-action lawsuit against Illinois Central Railroad finally are making it to their destinations.

ABOVE: An 1870 ad for the Illinois Central Railway touted a trip from Chicago to Cairo — ‘without change of Cars.’ BELOW: That railroad arose out of a pair of land-grant bills introduced two decades ...

Clark Robinson Griggs, left, made a significant mark on Champaign County while serving in the Illinois General Assembly. Former Champaign Mayor Dannel McCollum Clark Robinson Griggs, left, made a ...