Double-Digit Metra Fare Hike Likely Next Year
It's looking more and more like two years of double-digit fare increases are just up the track for Metra riders.
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It's looking more and more like two years of double-digit fare increases are just up the track for Metra riders.
Although testing earlier this year found Asian carp DNA in Lake Calumet, four days of intensive, newly completed monitoring has turned up no trace of the voracious fish.
The Guardian Angels are stepping up their anti-crime patrols aboard CTA 'L' trains and at 'L' stations in response to the recent rash of smart phone robberies.
A Mundelein businessman has thrown up his hands and decided not to open an indoor family entertainment center -- after spending more than $1 million over the past nine months to build it and hiring a staff of 50.
The CTA won't raise fares for the rest of 2011, but is making no promises beyond that.
Six Flags Great America is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its "American Eagle" roller coaster by sending it backward.
Police have a surveillance camera photo of a late-model white sedan that could be related to the shooting death of Darius Brown, who was playing basketball at Metcalfe Park on Wednesday.
The Chicago White Sox honored former Mayor Richard M. Daley on Wednesday with "Mayor Daley Night" at U.S. Cellular Field.
The heat was not as oppressive Wednesday as it has been for much of the past few weeks. Nonetheless, protesters were out in front of the Thompson Center, seeking monetary relief from the heat.
Officials in Kendall County say Moose the dog will not hurt anyone else ever again.
Federal prosecutors are expected to file charges against a man accused of holding up a TCF Bank branch in a Waukegan Jewel-Osco store Monday.
New fare cards have begun to arrive from the RTA for more than 427,000 Chicago area senior citizens in the next few days.
Metra officials appeared before a state legislative committee Friday morning, in which they were being asked to justify fare hikes and service cuts threatened for next year.
Metra wants to hear from you on the possibility of fare hikes and service cuts, and it doesn't matter if you ride Metra daily or never come within miles of a commuter train.
New RTA fare cards are going out to 427,000 Chicago-area seniors sooner than expected.
The state of Illinois is coughing up some of the money it owes to the Chicago area's transit agencies.
Twenty-six years ago today, someone raped and murdered a 15-year-old DuPage County girl.
While many Chicagoans have plenty of options to escape the heat, it's not so easy for the homeless.
Police in the Englewood neighborhood continue their search for the drive-by gunman who killed an 18-year-old man, and wounded another teen and an 88-year-old bystander.
Metra has been rolling with the punches in severe weather the past few weeks, the same as everyone else. But the recent storms have underscored a difference that is creating delays for commuters.
Metra is preparing riders for higher fares and possible service cuts next year.
If you're looking for a job, Munster, Ind., is the place to be today.
This is your last chance to buy a Chicago city sticker if you want to avoid a ticket.
A Chicago-based critic of the nuclear power industry wants a magnifying glass put to 23 reactors across the United States, including four in Illinois.
At least several flights between Miami and O'Hare were either delayed or cancelled on Sunday.
Juan Jaimes' family is now split in two. He is in Chicago, but his mother, father, sister and brother are back in Colombia.
Zion Fire and Rescue officials said bystanders swam out to pull the man, said to be between 25 and 35 years of age, to the breakwall after noticing he was floating unresponsively in the water.
Information, including what led up to the crash, was not released.
Sam Antonacci added three doubles and two RBIs for the White Sox, who maintained their 2 1/2-game lead in the AL Central over Cleveland.
The Chicago City Council is set to consider an ordinance that could establish bird-friendly requirements for new construction and major renovations.
Johnson says he is addressing his future and the future of Chicago on Sunday, Sept. 13.
A federal judge extended her block on the U.S. Postal Service's new requirements for mail voting, as states prepare to begin sending mail ballots to voters for the November midterm elections.
The Supreme Court left in place guidance from the Federal Communications Commission that allows political parties and committees access to cheaper rates for political ads.
The Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act set aside $140 million to give controllers a 3.8% pay raise, but they have so far only received the 1% raise given to all government employees.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Inc., alleging deceptive business practices.
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
Contracted linemen from out of state sat idle in a Griffith church parking lot for hours without work orders from NIPSCO, as residents in Northwest Indiana approach two weeks without power.
A law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against NIPSCO, alleging the utility's failure to manage trees and vegetation has left thousands of Northwest Indiana residents without power for up to two weeks.
Cardinal Blase Cupich and a group of Catholic nuns have joined a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois' Medical Aid in Dying law, which is set to take effect in just over a week.
Flies have been everywhere this summer in the Chicago area, and some of them bite. But why is this happening?
Prime Healthcare is drawing criticism after announcing it will stop obstetrics services at three Chicago-area hospitals.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced two human cases and one death from the West Nile virus in the city this year, and one of those two people has died.
The Jackson Chance Foundation supports the lives of families with babies in the NICU by removing the financial burden of finding parking near hospitals.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
A new Whole Foods Market is coming to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
A Wisconsin prosecutor says he will not file election bribery charges against billionaire Elon Musk even though the state's bipartisan elections commission said he likely broke state law.
An expert blames Illinois lawmakers and "internecine political problems" for the failure to seal a deal for a new stadium within the state for the Chicago Bears.
The stage was set and the air was humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took the stage for the first of two Chicago concerts at Soldier Field Thursday night.
James Fulton Engstrom, now a healthy teenager, was born without a pulse in 2010 — and his survival is the miracle the Catholic Church credited to Fulton Sheen's intercession, clearing the way for beatification.
The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.
The Edgewater Music Festival was under way this weekend on Chicago's north lakefront.
People around the world, including Chicago, continued to gather Wednesday to pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton.
Five people are dead, with more still fighting for their lives, after a cargo plane overran the runway while landing in Miami on Sunday.
Crews were preparing pyrotechnics for a religious festival on Saturday. The cause of the explosion is under investigation.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest in First Alert Weather.
Eight-year-old Tanner and 6-year-old Sadie rang the team's cancer-free bell to mark the end of their treatments.
Since last year, CBS News Chicago has followed one family as they fought to be reunited after their father was detained. For most of them, their American dream has now ended.
Juan Jaimes' family is now split in two. He is in Chicago, but his mother, father, sister and brother are back in Colombia.
At least several flights between Miami and O'Hare were either delayed or cancelled on Sunday.
Zion Fire and Rescue officials said bystanders swam out to pull the man, said to be between 25 and 35 years of age, to the breakwall after noticing he was floating unresponsively in the water.
Some videos on social media show weapons, a pickup truck doing donuts and a wheel flying into a crowd.
Johnson says he is addressing his future and the future of Chicago on Sunday, Sept. 13.
Several lawsuits are challenging Illinois' medical aid in dying law that is set to take effect on Sept. 12, including one in federal court arguing the law discriminates against people with disabilities.
Back in 2023, ISP got a $10 million grant from the Illinois Secretary of State's Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
Hundreds of people are suing the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, where they say they were sexually abused by staff. For the first time, survivors detailed their experience exclusively to CBS News Chicago.
Why has the family that runs South Chicago Chapel, where 56 decomposing bodies were found this month, never faced criminal charges, despite a history of mishandling human remains?
Sam Antonacci added three doubles and two RBIs for the White Sox, who maintained their 2 1/2-game lead in the AL Central over Cleveland.
Cubs slugger Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 40th homer and joined Philadelphia's Kyle Schwarber (42) as the only players to reach the mark this season.
The Twins pulled within six games of the White Sox in the AL Central and 3 1/2 games of the third AL wild card.
Michael Busch and Miguel Amaya each doubled and singled for the Cubs, who finished with 13 hits.
Plans for a newly designed Chicago White Sox stadium along the river in Chicago's South Loop neighborhood were released on Saturday.
Three people were shot and wounded in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood Sunday morning.
Some videos on social media show weapons, a pickup truck doing donuts and a wheel flying into a crowd.
Chicago police were investigating Sunday morning after teenagers were shot and wounded in separate incidents the night before.
The ages of the victims range from 15 to 54.
A Frankfort mother charged with the murder of her 2-year-old son was very invested in the Lindsay Clancy trial, Will County prosecutors say.
