"My first thought was that we were derailing because, to be honest, I have anxiety and I had heard stories about trains derailing," said a passenger from Minneapolis. "My second thought was that's crazy. We wouldn't be derailing. Like, that doesn't happen."
'I'LL BE BACK SOON': The Chicago police officer who was shot while responding to a call of shots fired radioed in hours after the shooting to let her fellow officers know she was okay.
New jaw-dropping video out of Indiana during a storm last month shows the clear dangers of flooding.
The CDC on Thursday endorsed Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans.
Churchill Downs bought the racetrack in 2000 for a reported $71 million. Several groups, including the Chicago Bears, have put in bids to buy it. "I hope that it's something fun for the whole community to enjoy, and not high rise places to live," said one spectator.
"This is the most gorgeous racetrack around the country," said horse owner Ken Stiff. "I really am hopeful still that it's not the last day." Natalie Bomke reports.
Gospel and R&B singer Kelly Price has been reported missing, a spokesperson for the singer said Friday.
The Illinois Lottery said that while no one hit the jackpot in Wednesday's drawing, a ticket purchased at a 7-Eleven in Elk Grove Village won the player $50,000.
160 dogs participated in a dog wedding ceremony on Saturday morning in Villa Park, Illinois. The effort was meant to overtake the Guinness Book of World Records record for 178 dogs “married” on the same day that was set in 2007 in Littleton, Colorado.
