Three killed, dozens injured when Amtrak train headed to Chicago derails in Missouri
Video from inside the train from passengers show it sitting on its side – with the windows becoming the ceiling. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
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Video from inside the train from passengers show it sitting on its side – with the windows becoming the ceiling. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
Amtrak said no injuries were reported.
Christina Lopez, 72, died Wednesday after being ejected from the window of a Metra train during a horrific accident in which the train hit a truck in Clarendon Hills.
Amtrak and Chicago Fire Department officials said, around 9:30 a.m., a Milwaukee-bound Hiawatha line train struck the boy in the 3900 block of West Armitage Avenue.
One person was killed Thursday evening when a car got hit by an Amtrak train in the northern suburbs.
Amtrak has canceled eight planned train routes from Union Station on Wednesday, and is scrapping plans for 12 train routes on Thursday.
The train left Chicago heading for Seattle when it derailed in rural Montana.
Lawsuits are being filed in connection with a deadly derailment involving an Amtrak train that departed from Chicago this past weekend, but getting hurt on an Amtrak train means you may not get any more for your injuries.
An investigation is underway after the Amtrak derailment in Montana that killed three people and left dozens hurt.
Five cars of the Empire Builder train, which runs from Seattle to Chicago, derailed at 4 p.m. near Joplin, a town of about 200, Amtrak spokesman Jason Abrams said in a statement.
The man shot and killed by Amtrak police on a platform at Union Station on Tuesday has been identified of Jamar Jason Taylor of San Leandro, California.
Amtrak police at Union Station shot and killed a man wanted on a murder warrant out of California late Tuesday.
Starting Monday, many more people can travel Illinois by railroad.
Amtrak says the City of New Orleans Train 58 departed New Orleans Thursday and was stopped south of Jackson, Mississippi, due to a "vehicle crossing incident."
Amtrak said it is starting to resume full rail service across Illinois as COVID-19 cases fall.
An woman who flew into O'Hare International Airport from Italy and then took Amtrak from Chicago to St. Louis last week has tested positive for the coronavirus, officials have confirmed.
Amtrak announced Wednesday that it is changing its policy so people with disabilities will not be charged $25,000 for train tickets.
A trip from Chicago to downstate Bloomington should cost about $16. But Amtrak recently quoted a group of advocates for people with disabilities $25,000 to accommodate their wheelchairs.
An Amtrak mechanical worker died in an industrial accident over the weekend.
An Amtrak train struck a vehicle near Morton Grove Tuesday morning.
"It was just chaos trying to find any way to notify somebody," Jenae Bourdony said of her husband's heart attack on an Amtrak train.
Amtrak and Metra delays are expected after a pedestrian was struck by an Amtrak train in Northbrook.
Crews spent more than 12 hours repairing the tracks and cleaning up debris, after an Amtrak train derailed Sunday in University Park in a deadly collision with a box truck.
An Amtrak train struck a box truck and derailed in University Park around 5 p.m. Sunday.
An Amtrak train struck a minivan, killing the driver in Morton Grove just after noon Sunday.
The Harry Potter Shop is inviting fans to celebrate their first year in Chicago.
The Chicago Park District plans to rename a playground within Washington Park for a man who was killed in a nearby police shooting in 2014.
A man was arrested after a police chase and a crash following a $100,000 heist in Vernon Hills, Illinois, early Thursday morning.
CTA is extending and renaming its no. 10 bus route that will service the Obama Presidential Center when it opens in June.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Public Library announced a new partnership that automatically registers more than 315,000 Chicago Public School students for the city's libraries.
Attorneys for imprisoned former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan were set to return to court Thursday, in hopes of getting his corruption conviction overturned.
An appellate court has ruled that Iowa can fully enforce a law restricting instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools up to sixth grade.
Wednesday's briefing came after President Trump announced late Tuesday that he had agreed to "suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks."
Illinois Democrats on Capitol Hill decried President Trump's threats against Iran as his deadline for the country to reopen the Strait of Hormuz draws closer, calling on their Republican colleagues to join them in stopping the escalation.
Vice President JD Vance made the remarks in Hungary, where he is supporting Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Tuesday ahead of Orbán's reelection bid.
A passenger on an American Airlines flight from New York to Chicago has been charged with making a false bomb threat that forced an emergency landing at Detroit Metro Airport last month, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Skyrocketing property taxes continue to be a hot-button issue in Cook County — particularly since last fall, when many residents saw their tax bills increase by 100% or more.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias this weekend issued a warning about a surge in text messages that falsely claim to come from his office or the DMV within it.
Tenants at a South Loop luxury high-rise that has been plagued with problems like broken elevators are vowing to fight five-day eviction notices.
It's become an annual March Madness tradition at CBS Chicago, pitting our city's best eateries in direct competition in a foodie bracket challenge. We did pizza, we've done Italian beef, we've done Chicago dogs. This year, we're taking flight with wings.
Allergy season is here, and the dreaded pollen can trigger sneezing, congestion, wheezing, and shortness of breath.
Northwestern Medicine and the American Red Cross teamed up for a community blood drive in Chicago on Monday morning.
Ending domestic violence is the goal of groups and advocates all over the world, and some experts in Chicago say it is time to become less reactive and more proactive when it comes to the people causing harm.
A new Iowa law bans local nondiscrimination protections on the basis of gender identity after the state became the first in the U.S. to roll back its civil rights code last year.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
A new restaurant has joined the busy stretch of Halsted Street toward the south end of Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood that is also home to Alinea and Boka.
The federal government is suing Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona over efforts to regulate prediction market operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
The owners of the popular Uncommon Ground restaurant, live music venue, and brewery in Chicago's Wrigleyville community announced this week that they're looking for a successor to take over the business.
Chicago consistently ranks in the top three cities in Fortune 500 company headquarters, and now a competition has been launched to build on Chicago's power in business.
The flagship Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community will be moving later this year, a restaurant representative said Tuesday.
A major music festival featuring the rapper formerly known as Kanye West was canceled after the U.K. government blocked Ye from entering the country.
"Beverly Hills, 90210" actress Tori Spelling was involved in a two-car crash in Temecula on Thursday night, according to her manager and Riverside County Sheriff's Office officials.
Chicago blues legend Muddy Waters' birthday is Saturday, and in his memory his eldest son is putting on a concert in Chicago.
A federal judge in New York has tossed out actor Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims against actor Justin Baldoni over their roles in the movie "It Ends With Us," but left intact a claim for retaliation.
Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane was lured to a Dallas studio for a meeting, then allegedly kidnapped and robbed by a group including rappers Pooh Shiesty and Big30.
The U.S. Postal Service is pausing contributions to the Federal Employees Retirement System.
A clear and partly cloudy day Thursday will give way to storms at night. Highs in the upper 60s.
A man was arrested after a police chase and a crash following a cargo theft in Vernon Hills, Illinois, early Thursday morning.
The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and new federal data shows that another drop last year brought the rate down to the lowest on record.
A police chase on the Kennedy Expressway was caught on camera early Thursday morning.
A man was killed, and a woman and child were injured in a fire in Garfield Park early Thursday morning.
A man was arrested after a police chase and a crash following a $100,000 heist in Vernon Hills, Illinois, early Thursday morning.
The Harry Potter Shop is inviting fans to celebrate their first year in Chicago.
The Chicago Park District plans to rename a playground within Washington Park for a man who was killed in a nearby police shooting in 2014.
CTA is extending and renaming its no. 10 bus route that will service the Obama Presidential Center when it opens in June.
Financial exploitation is the leading type of elder abuse in Illinois. One Streamwood woman learned that personally, when her brother took hundreds of thousands of dollars from their parents' financial accounts.
One year after a teenage girl was shot outside her home in Country Club Hills, Illinois, and was told she would never walk again, she continued to defy the odds and reclaim her independence.
A Morgan Park family is still in shock after a staggering 300% spike in their latest property tax bill, and the man poised to take over as Cook County Assessor at the end of the year says it's an error he wants to make sure doesn't happen again.
Researchers at the University of Chicago have built a "self-driving" lab that uses robotics and artificial intelligence to accelerate work that would take humans weeks or months to complete.
Johnson said the position was temporary, but when the chief homelessness officer was first appointed, she told CBS News Chicago that her role was funded for three years, not two.
Two throwing errors — one by right fielder Jake Fraley, the other by catcher Hunter Feduccia — helped the Cubs score two more runs before Boyle could escape. He gave up six runs, five earned, and four hits in 4 1/3 innings.
The White Sox scored a run in the fifth to go up 3-2 thanks to three walks and two errors on one play by Orioles starter Kyle Bradish.
The Chicago White Sox are celebrating their most famous fan, Pope Leo XIV, by offering White Sox-themed pope hats to fans who purchase tickets for their Aug. 11 game against the Cincinnati Reds.
The Cubs announced before the game that ace Cade Horton would miss the rest of the season after an MRI revealed UCL damage in his right elbow.
In the first game since they fired their top two basketball executives, the Bulls were in firm control by the end of the first quarter.
A man was injured in a fight with a woman at a CTA the CTA Belmont Avenue Red-Brown-Purple Line station this week, but police said he didn't report until several hours later.
Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert about car break-ins targeting patrons of a gym in the city's Irving Park neighborhood.
Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert about a rash of car break-ins in Jackson Park on the city's South Side.
A shooting left a 16-year-old boy dead Tuesday morning in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood.
A man from the northwest Chicago suburb of McHenry was facing felony charges Tuesday after police said he secretly recorded people in men's restrooms.
