'Souper Heroes' provide soup to those in need at CTA stations -- and it goes fast
The Souper Heroes are always looking for volunteers and donations.
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Just after 9 p.m., the Brown Line was shut down for the second time between the Southport stop and the Kimball terminal due to police activity.
Union leaders say violence is affecting the city's transit system for both those who use it and those who operate its conveyances – in ways you probably are not thinking about.
Union leaders say violence is affecting the city’s transit system for both those who use it and those who operate its conveyances – in ways you probably are not thinking about. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
"We have a great transportation system set up. And it's all in place. But it's not being taken care of."
"A lot of bad things can happen within that 14 minutes."
You might grumble about your morning ride on the "L," but Chicago's public transit is listed among the best in the world, according to a recent survey.
Mass Transit detectives are looking for three women responsible for robbing a passenger on a CTA Red Line train Friday evening.
They're hosting a hiring event this afternoon and looking to fill dozens of positions.
They're hosting a hiring event this afternoon and looking to fill dozens of positions.
"I thought is anyone gonna help me attack this guy if he attacks us?"
A man is charged after attacking and robbing a CTA employee on the Near West Side this month.
Prosecutors showed video of the alleged beating in which the suspect dragging, kicking and pushing the victim.
Prosecutors revealed disturbing new details in court on Tuesday about what CTA cameras caught early Saturday morning when a CTA employee, on the job, allegedly beat a passenger. The passenger later died and the employee was charged with aggravated battery, but not murder. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza was in court to get the details.
Emmett Richardson, 39, faces two felony counts of aggravated battery in connection with the battery of 54-year-old victim.
A CTA employee was charged with aggravated battery in connection with a weekend attack of a passenger on the LaSalle Blue Line platform. That passenger later died. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza had the story.
A CTA employee was charged with aggravated battery in connection with a weekend attack of a passenger on the LaSalle Blue Line platform. That passenger later died. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza had the story.
Detectives are investigating the incident as a battery.
Detectives say the victim, a 54-year-old man, was discovered unresponsive in a stairwell landing.
A teenage girl is charged after attacking and robbing another teen outside a CTA Blue Line stop earlier this month.
Total CTA ridership is still only about half of what it was before COVID-19.
Don't forget to say "thank you" to your favorite transit worker Saturday.
Commuters who go through the cicero green line station will get a treat.
Some riders say they felt this might be more than a power problem.
The Chicago Transit Authority says a ground fault is to blame for a Brown Line 'L' train getting stalled out on the Wells Street Bridge for hours Tuesday. CBS 2's Sara Machi reports.
