Union News

Friday, July 10, 2009 Retired Burlington Northern Railroad EMD E-9 locomotive used on Chicago to Aurora commuter trains.

Welcome to my rail fan page! Here you'll find information and pictures of railroad related items from the Chicagoland area, Wisconsin and Indiana.

A McHenry County man was sentenced to more than 23 years in prison for enticing a 13-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity after he lured her to meet him at a park in Carol Stream in 2007, federal law enforcement officials announced today.

UNION – The Illinois Railway Museum kicks into high gear Saturday with its annual Fourth of July Trolley Pageant.

The Confederates' front line fires on the Union Army Saturday afternoon at the Battle of Chaplin Creek in Franklin Grove.

UNION – “Meet Me at the Fair!” is this year's theme at the 25th annual Heritage Fair.

JOHNSBURG – Village officials will discuss a proposal to add a Metra train stop in Johnsburg at a meeting Thursday.

Cid Cabalum takes a picture of the damage to his house after the Friday night storm in Woodstock.

Thunderstorms whipped through DeKalb County and much of the northern Illinois region Friday, producing strong winds and scattered hail.

Christy Cochran leads health care union members to state Rep. Jerry Mitchell's office in Rock Falls to protest Mitchell's vote against a state income tax increase, which they want to pay for human services.

The largest state employee union in Illinois says no amount of concessions by workers can solve the budget problem and lawmakers should raise the income tax.

The McHenry County Board likely will approve a new contract with one of its unions, but a federal mediator has been called in to aid negotiations with two more.

You are invited to meet the artists who painted the carousel horses you've seen throughout Woodstock.

With well-recognized floral products in the industry for many years, Crown Research & Chemical Corp.

For the past 34 years, antique collectors have flocked far and wide to a small Chicago suburb to celebrate the days of yesteryear at the world's oldest and largest Antique Phonograph and Music Box Show and Sale hosted by Donley's Wild West Town.

MARENGO – Marengo-Union District 165 will replace half of its aging school bus fleet after a recent state inspection ordered it to act more quickly on the purchases.

Teddy Christiansen, 2, looks out the window of his home in Union. Teddy, who is in need of a bone marrow transplant, will be the guest of honor at his fundraiser June 20 in Des Plaines called “Teddypalooza.” UNION – Jenny Christiansen felt humbled when family and friends recently decided to put together a summer fundraiser for ...

Lauren M. Anderson - landerson@nwherald.com Faith Lutheran valedictorian Curt Grimes, senior Nathan Hughey and Sarah Isackson bust out in laughter Saturday as they watch the class remembrance video during their graduation ceremony at St.

Our colleague, Manya Brachear, writes of the new campaign: The turn on the Bible's opening was "plastered on the side of 25 Chicago buses this week as part of an advertising crusade by the Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign,'' she notes.

After two weeks of round-the-clock negotiations, the Canadian Auto Workers union has agreed to another cost-cutting deal with General Motors Canada in its bid to qualify for government loans to stave off liquidation, the head of the union said Friday.