Chicago

Illinois became the first state in the country to abolish cash bail on Monday, but the courts remained slow in the Metro East.

Amtrak and the Illinois Department of Transportation received federal approval for the trains traveling between Chicago and St. Louis to have a maximum speed of 110 mph, up from 90 mph.

The Muny’s 102nd season gets underway in June 2020, and it features musicals representing six decades of musical theater.On Thursday’s St. Louis on the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 28, 2010 - In journeys past, when I've made the very short trip from St. Louis to Chicago, I've…

It’s not a hoax—Chicago’s Navy Pier Ferris wheel is moving to Branson. The Track Family Fun Parks is paying $2.5 million to install the wheel in the…

WASHINGTON - Just days after Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy stepped down, as part of the fallout from the police shooting death of…

This National League Central Division series will be historic: The Cards and Cubs are facing one another for the first time ever in the postseason, and…

Known as the Great Migration, 6 million African-Americans left their homes in the South after World War I and through 1970, moving north and west.“The…

It’s not often that 30 different professional dance companies perform in the same place on the same weekend. But it’s happening this weekend at the…

A company has agreed to clean up groundwater contamination in north St. Louis County after tests raised concerns at homes near the plant.The Environmental…