UPDATED: March 12, 2024 at 11:56 AM CDT “By any means necessary” was no overstatement when it came to the life-or-death flight to freedom through Illinois’ Underground Railroad.

So many of the best stories start with a humdrum, everyday experience. For Danville native and author Lee Anthony Cooper, the stories in his new book ”Tails from the Tracks” began while he rode trains ...

Their story eventually became part of Betty DeRamus’ book, “Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad,” which is where the younger Ronald Gaines came across it.

DECATUR - To say that trains and Dale Jenkins are inseparable is probably an understatement. After signing books during the Decatur Train Fair last weekend, the Decatur man/Springfield transplant ...

The South Water freight depot of Illinois Central Railroad in 1943. The railroad was basically worth "scrap value," Harrison said. Throughout the 1960s and '70s, he said, the owners wanted to sell it.

The Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force, created last year via a bill passed by the state legislature and signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, aims to connect current projects and new ...