That station would provide airport access for the new proposed MARK Rail line that also includes Milwaukee, Racine and ...

Milwaukee is celebrating Women’s History Month with events across the city, from campus exhibits to tastings, dance parties and library programs. Here’s a roundup of ways to honor and support women’s ...

The informal task force is made up of Milwaukee police, a forensic anthropologist and a medical examiner staffer. They helped identify a two-decade-old case earlier this year.

The Underground Railroad was an organized network in the United States that helped enslaved African Americans escape to ...

Members approved a memorandum of understanding with Metra and authorization to prepare an application to the Federal Railroad Administration's Corridor Identification and Development Program.

Commissioners said Cudahy serves as an important community for the rail project with its proximity to the Milwaukee airport.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 23, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important ...

Jesse Jackson was on the campaign trail for Walter Mondale in 1984 and spoke to a packed house in Milwaukee. He also talked about his Rainbow Coalition. Jesse Jackson was on the campaign trail for ...

LA CRESCENT — Glimpses of the life in southeastern Winona county in pioneer days, when the Milwaukee railroad crossed the Mississippi River on ice in the winter and trains were ferried over in summer, ...

The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they created a ...

BARTLETT, Ill. (WLS) -- A worker clearing snow who died after being struck by a Metra train in Bartlett Monday morning has now been identified, authorities said. The Cook County Medical Examiner's ...

This photo shows local troops departing for the U.S.-Mexican border in 1916. The U.S. had been supporting Venustiano Carranza in the Mexican Civil War against former revolutionary Pancho Villa.