Homeless service agency remembers "sweet" woman who was killed in Blue Line shooting
Such an outcome for unhoused people is something those at Connections for the Homeless worry about every day.
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Such an outcome for unhoused people is something those at Connections for the Homeless worry about every day.
Those who knew Margaret Miller Johnson say she had a sweet demeanor and a beautiful smile. She was one of four shot and killed on a CTA Blue Line train on Labor Day.
Margaret Miller Johnson, one of the four people shot and killed on a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train this week, is remembered by Evanston's Connections for the Homeless for her sweet demeanor and beautiful smile. Sara Machi reports.
Navy Pier Security Director Dan O’Shea hopes the Chicago Transit Authority expands its pilot program with the same technology, ZeroEyes—particularly after four people were shot and killed on a Blue Line train this week. Megan Hickey reports.
Chicago police say they were identified as the offenders who, on Aug 20, just before 4 p.m., battered and seriously injured a 31-year-old man before robbing him while on the platform in the 400 block of South Western Avenue.
The Night Ministry has a small team of outreach workers who help CTA riders experiencing homelessness. On Thursdays, they meet clients in Forest Park at the end of the Blue Line.
In court Wednesday, Cook County prosecutors used evidence to piece together a timeline of the shooting that killed four people on the Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line in Forest Park. Rhanni Davis is now charged with four counts of first-degree murder. Sara Machi reports.
The father of one of the four people shot and killed on the CTA Blue Line train early Monday morning had to drive hours from Columbus, Ohio, to identify and claim his son's body. He suspected his son, Simeon Bihesi, 28, was on the train going to get a hot breakfast when the suspected shooter walked onto his train car and shot him.
Forest Park, Illinios, police on Wednesday released surveillance footage that appeared to show Davis exiting the Blue Line train after the shooting. Prosecutors revealed new details on Wednesday about the quadruple fatal shooting on the Blue Line train shortly before 5:30 a.m. on Monday. Rhanni Davis, 30, of Chicago, was charged on Tuesday in connection with the murders of the four victims.
The man charged with shooting and killing four people on a CTA Blue Line train will make his first court appearance on Wednesday, but the motive for the attack remains unclear.
Officials Tuesday evening broke down the manhunt that led to the capture of Rhanni Davis, 30, in the shooting that killed four people sleeping on the train near the Forest Park terminal. Sara Machi reports.
Every night, an empty seat on the 'L' becomes a shelter of last resort.
Forest Park village officials are joined by Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter Jr. for this news conference on murder charges against Rhanni Davis in the shooting Monday morning.
Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter Jr. was under fire well before a mass shooting killed four people on the Blue Line, and the criticism has intensified dramatically since the shooting Monday. Lauren Victory reports.
Cameras on the trains captured everything that happened in the course of the mass shooting. Tara Molina reports on the shooting and the suspect, 30-year-old Rhanni Davis.
Four people were found shot on a train at the transit center early Monday, and all of them died. Andrew Ramos reports.
Rhanni Davis, 30, of Chicago, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the shooting. As Tara Molina reports, the victims, all of whom died, were found on the train at the Forest Park terminal early Monday morning.
Rhanni Davis, 30, of Chicago, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the shooting that killed four people who had been sleeping on a train, according to Forest Park police.
The shooting appeared to be random, police said. The suspect was found on another train and police recovered a weapon.
Four people were shot and killed Monday morning on a CTA Blue Line train in west suburban Forest Park. A suspect later was taken into custody on a Pink Line train.
When you're running to catch the train, it's easy to drop something and not even notice, but it's not usually an item that's more than 100 years old. Someone dropped 12 photos at the Jefferson Park Blue Line station last Friday night around 11 p.m.
Police said a woman came up and grabbed a man's phone away, and beat him with a hammer when he tried to get it back.
A woman attacked a man with a hammer at the Western stop on the Forest Park branch of the Chicago Transit Authority line, and the stop was shut down afterward. Tara Molina reports.
Trains headed west to the West Side, Oak Park, and Forest Park were standing at the station as a result of the obstruction.
The train hit an abandoned bicycle on the subway tracks at Clark/Lake.
ComEd crews are responding to outages amid dangerously cold conditons in the Chicago area on Friday morning.
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Dangerously cold conditons have arrived in Chicago on Friday, bringing subzero temperatures and wind chills as low as 20 to 40 below zero.
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ComEd crews are responding to outages amid dangerously cold conditions in the Chicago area on Friday morning.
Darius Johnson has resources for residents in need during extreme cold conditions in the Chicago area.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon is tracking dangerously cold conditions in Chicago.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest First Alert Weather forecast.
Chicago is marking 30 years since it started its first citywide recycling program, which began with a problematic kickoff, and continues to lag behind other major cities in terms of performance.
Dangerously cold conditons have arrived in Chicago on Friday, bringing subzero temperatures and wind chills as low as 20 to 40 below zero.
School closings and moves to e-learning have been announced in Chicago, Illinois and Northwest Indiana ahead of frigid temperatures that prompted an Extreme Cold Warning.
ComEd crews are responding to outages amid dangerously cold conditons in the Chicago area on Friday morning.
As freezing Arctic winds started to blow into Chicago, bringing the coldest weather in seven years, city officials and non-profit outreach groups on Thursday began conducting their annual count of the city's homeless population.
Five people have been arrested in connection with the Sunday shooting of a judge and his wife in Indiana, according to authorities.
Chicago is marking 30 years since it started its first citywide recycling program, which began with a problematic kickoff, and continues to lag behind other major cities in terms of performance.
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Chicago relies on the CTA to get around, but there's some resistance to that reliance with safety concerns continuing to plague the mass transit system.
The Joliet Police Department is facing a federal civil rights lawsuit for patting down a 12-year-old girl who was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over for not having lights on.
$10 million settlement in case of Anthony Stringfellow, Jr. who took his own life while at Madden Mental Health Center
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ICE authorized its officers to enter homes without judicial warrants in the cases of people with deportation orders, a sweeping reversal of longstanding rules, according to a whistleblower complaint.
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