Fire breaks out on CTA Red Line tracks
Trains on the Red and Purple lines were shut down between Howard and Belmont due to the fire at Addison Street.
Trains on the Red and Purple lines were shut down between Howard and Belmont due to the fire at Addison Street.
As seen in video from Chopper 2, the fire was out by 3:30 p.m. – but personnel remained on the tracks.
Chicago police said the group struck at least eight times on CTA buses, trains, and platforms between March 2 and March 9:
"We know for a fact on the bus, people get on with weapons. ... So a bag check is more than welcome to me," said Keith Hill, president of the CTA's largest worker union.
"Kevin Powell died without ever clenching a fist, without ever attacking his attacker, without ever defending himself."
CTA officials confirmed a southbound #157 (Streeterville/Taylor) bus hit a pedestrian near the corner of Pulaski and Cermak roads.
Former CTA customer service employee Emmet Richardson is charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of 54-year-old Kevin Powell.
A CTA panel will review any proposals in hopes of testing out new ideas by the end of this year.
A CTA panel will review any proposals in hopes of testing out new ideas by the end of this year.
The robbery happened Sunday night at the 79th Street Red Line stop.
The incident happened around 7:15 p.m. on Feb. 18, at the station located in the 0-100 block of West 79th Street.
Anfernee Thomas, 27, was charged with one felony count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
CTA President Dorval Carter was on the hot seat on Tuesday at City Hall for the first time since the City Council required him to provide quarterly updates.
The accident happened before 5:30 p.m. at Commercial and Baltimore avenues in South Chicago.
CBS 2 dug into similar crimes on the CTA and according to police, it's the fourth sexual assault on a train or platform this year.
Authorities said the suspect allegedly approached the victim and engaged in a short conversation.
The rider fell onto the tracks above the street level before she fell 15 to 20 feet onto the bed of a pickup truck, according to police.
It was not clear to whom the crab belonged, or what it was doing there.
CTA transit passenger Ryder Kennedy was taking the Red Line when he saw a crab right there on a seat.
Police arrested Brandon Taylor, 32, who was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
John Wesley, 24, was arrested on Friday in the 2700 block of South California Avenue.
These fareboxes will be replaced with a more modern system that improves the experience for those paying with cash.
Responding officers quickly found him and placed him into custody less than 30 minutes later.
The three suspects grabbed the victim's cell phone and then physically attacked him when he tried to get it back.
A man was caught on video surfing on a Red Line train in Chicago. As CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports, subway surfing has become a crisis in New York City, and several people -- many of them teens -- have died doing it.
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In each of the robberies, three men armed with handguns got out of a silver four-door sedan, and robbed the victims of their wallets, cash, phones, keys, and credit cards.
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The city's measles dashboard said a total of 63 measles cases have been confirmed in Chicago this year, with one new case this week.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson denied that the Bears' shiny new dome could end up costing taxpayers a pretty penny.
Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
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'Bob Hearts Abishola', the acclaimed comedy, is signing off after its fifth season on CBS.
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"I'm still on, with my family, a journey to justice. It's not over, but we are closer than we ever were in 57 years."
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DCFS Director Heidi Mueller was asked Thursday why some kids in the system are being held in psychiatric hospitals longer than medically necessary.
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During the burglary, surveillance video caught a man taking a swig from a bottle of 19 Crimes Snoop Dogg Cali Red blend wine, which he then put back in the garage refrigerator.