CTA Proposes 25-Cent Fare Hike For 2018; No Service Cuts
For the first time in eight years, the CTA plans to increase fares to help balance its budget, but not proposing any service cuts.
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For the first time in eight years, the CTA plans to increase fares to help balance its budget, but not proposing any service cuts.
A 13-year-old student at the Marlowe Middle School in far northwest suburban Huntley faces a series of charges in the latest alleged hate crime incident at the school.
If you hit the road between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., the AAA has predicted your trip could take three times longer than it would under optimal driving conditions.
City officials pulled the switch a little early Friday to usher in the holiday season.
The season's first polar vortex is inviting itself to Thanksgiving week festivities in the Chicago area.
A federal law governing train crews was on a collision course with irate motorists Monday night, and motorists lost.
Surveillance video and a victim's photo identification prompted police to name 38-year-old Leon Spektor as their suspect.
CTA last raised base fares in 2009.
A Northwestern Medicine expert on sleep disorders says there's a lot more to being rested and alert than that extra hour.
A North Side alderman said he is taking "immediate action" after a drug deal led to the fatal shooting of one man, and the wounding of two people, including a 12-year-old, inside an Uptown Starbucks on Thursday night.
On "Day of the Dead," or, "Dia de los Muertos," families celebrate, rather than grieve loved ones who have passed.
For the second time in less than two years, attorneys for imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich are asking the nation's highest court to review the grounds for his corruption conviction.
Police say Timothy Fay fired a barrage of bullets into the walls, furniture and garage door of his parents' home.
Cicero police who helped save the life of an eleven-year-old boy rescued from a fire at his home discuss the moments during the save.
Emergency crews were called Tuesday afternoon to one of the parking lots of the Old Orchard Shopping Center in Skokie after a construction crew hit a gas main.
At Fantasy Costumes, there's one outfit outselling just about everything else this year.
A World War II veteran's lost dog tag has been returned to his family in Iowa, with an assist from the Kane County Sheriff's office, 73 years after he helped liberate France from the Nazis.
Both Christopher and Anthony Wheeler are charged with numerous counts of criminal sexual assault and child pornography.
In Westmont, there were nearly a dozen small fires and over 100 reports of gasoline odors caused by a leak into the sewer system.
Firefighters, paramedics, EMTs, and engineers volunteered to help victims of Hurricane Maria.
Police are still searching for the shooter who opened fire Friday night on a Rogers Park street, killing 64-year-old Cynthia Trevillion.
Each of the 25 women carried signs, but anyone who has seen the TV series based on the Margaret Atwood novel "The Handmaid's Tale" recognize them immediately as the women forced to give birth to the children of the rich and powerful.
Federal authorities have made an arrest in the case of a pipe bomb that exploded at a post office in East Chicago on September 6th.
His availability in doubt, Strasburg turned in seven scoreless innings to keep the Nationals alive with a 5-0 win.
Embracing a historic change, the Boy Scouts of America announced Wednesday plans to admit girls into the Cub Scouts starting next year and to establish a new program for older girls using the same curriculum as the Boy Scouts.
