Illinois quick hits: Arrests made in freight train robbery; Northwestern a top 10 university

Arrests made in freight train robbery

The investigation continues after dozens of people rushed a railyard in Chicago and stole items from a parked freight train.

Groups were seen carrying boxes from trains and loading them into nearby vehicles on Friday. Several arrests have been made, and Union Pacific officials said they are working with their agents and local police to identify more suspects.

Northwestern a top 10 university

An Illinois school has made the top ten in a study of the best colleges and universities in the country.

The personal finance website WalletHub compared more than 800 higher-education institutions in the U.S. across 30 key measures. Northwestern University in Evanston was ranked 9th best in the nation. The University of Chicago came in at No. 26, and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana was ranked 62nd.

According to the study , the top school is Princeton University.

Park to host Fort Massac Encampment

The Fort Massac Encampment, which has drawn thousands of visitors to southern Illinois every fall for 50 years, will return to Fort Massac State Park in Metropolis Oct. 19 and 20.

Since 1974, the encampment festival has provided visitors with a chance to experience what life was like at Fort Massac during the 18th and early 19th centuries. The fort served as a frontier outpost along the Ohio River for personnel from France, Britain and the early years of the United States from 1757 to 1814.