CTA bus hits pedestrian in North Lawndale
CTA officials confirmed a southbound #157 (Streeterville/Taylor) bus hit a pedestrian near the corner of Pulaski and Cermak roads.
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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 incident happened around 7:15 p.m. on Feb. 18, at the station located in the 0-100 block of West 79th Street.
The robbery happened Sunday night at the 79th Street Red Line stop.
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.
Police said the alleged suspect robbed someone around 5:30 a.m. on the platform at the Granville CTA Red Line stop in Edgewater.
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.
This was not the first time such behavior has been caught on video.
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.
A man was caught on video surfing on the roof of a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train on the city's South Side last month. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Chicago Transit Authority officials said they are looking into the incident. Meanwhile, transportation experts said it is concerning – and for more reasons than the obvious one concerning safety. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Bob and Kitty Tataryn were brutally beaten near the Irving Park Blue Line station in 2022. Their attacker has now been sentenced to 28 years, and they absolutely are not giving up on Chicago. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
