The big news of the day-the attempted assassination of Teddy Roosevelt and the dedication of the new Joliet Union Station-shared front-page headlines in the local newspaper on Oct. 15, 1912.

Back in the 1920s, when railroad travel hit its heyday in the Chicago area, Joliet`s Union Station buzzed with activity with up to 120 passenger trains a day stopping there.But as train travel ...

JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) - Gov. Pat Quinn said this week that $32 million from the Illinois Jobs Now capital program will help construct a new multi-modal transportation station in downtown Joliet.

JOLIET, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union Pacific’s new Joliet Intermodal Terminal will support customer growth by increasing the railroad’s international and domestic container capacity and ...