CTA bus slams into house in Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood
Police said it happened after another driver ran a stop sign, causing the driver to lose control. Asal Rezaei reports.
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Police said it happened after another driver ran a stop sign, causing the driver to lose control. Asal Rezaei reports.
Chicago police said the suspect struck another passenger in the head with a stick-like object as they exited a CTA bus on the city's Northwest Side last month.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is threatening to pull federal funding to the Chicago Transit Authority over safety concerns.
CTA officials warned they might be forced to eliminate 24-hour service next year, with buses and trains possibly running only from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., without a financial bailout from Springfield.
Three CTA workers have been attacked in less than a month, and the head of the CTA's rail labor union said anxiety and concern among workers has turned to anger.
Police said the suspect was on a bus in the 2400 block of West Jackson Boulevard when he got into a quarrel with the two passengers and went on to beat them.
Five CTA rail stations will now have vending machines carrying naloxone, a drug that quickly reverses opioid overdoses.
A man has been charged with beating and trying to sexually assault a woman on board a CTA Yellow Line train last week in Evanston.
Cook County Health officials and the Chicago Transit Authority have partnered to place vending machines that dispense free naloxone at five transit stations.
Shannon Stephens, 23, of Chicago's North Austin neighborhood, and Jamarion Gray, 21, of Hazel Crest, were arrested a block apart shortly after 2 a.m. Friday.
Police said the victim was fighting with another unknown man inside the train car, who pulled out a sharp object and stabbed the victim multiple times in the upper body.
Investigators said the suspect boarded the train at the Howard Street CTA Station in Chicago.
Chicago police are warning CTA riders about a string of robberies on the Red Line and Blue Line downtown and on the South Side.
CTA customer service representatives who work at 'L' stations are responsible for helping riders with fare payment and navigation, but they do not currently have the means to support riders who do not speak English.
Chicago police said the robbery happened on Aug. 24, around 7 a.m. at the station at 4000 W. Lake St.
A man was found dead of a gunshot wound near the 35th/Archer Chicago Transit Authority stop in the city's McKinley Park neighborhood.
The CTA is offering free rides home for Bears fans after Monday night's season opener against the Vikings.
A federal appeals court has upheld an Illinois law banning concealed firearms on public transit, finding it does not violate the Second Amendment.
CTA officials confirmed the medical emergency was reported at the Berwyn stop.
Michael Korosa is charged in connection with the death of 9-year-old Elijah Flores, who fell down the stairs at a CTA Green Line station.
A 52-year-old Chicago man is charged in the death of a 9-year-old boy with autism who died after falling down the stairs at a CTA Green Line station.
Chicago police are looking or a group that beat and robbed a man on a CTA Red Line train Saturday morning.
CTA Brown Line trains were disrupted all day Monday after a train went slightly off the tracks at the Kimball terminal in the morning.
CTA Brown Line trains were disrupted all day Monday after a train went slightly off the tracks at the Kimball terminal in the morning. Asal Rezaei reports.
Drivers are advised that State Street will be down to one lane in each direction from Lake to Randolph.
