Man Electrocuted On West Town 'L' Tracks
Just before 2 a.m., he touched the third rail and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Chicago Police.
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Just before 2 a.m., he touched the third rail and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Chicago Police.
The Chicago Department of Transportation announced Monday that construction on Wabash Ave. between Monroe and Washington Streets has been completed. Crews have removed the scaffolding with two lanes of traffic, parking and unobstructed sidewalks now open to the public.
Quinton Hunt was last seen about 11:40 a.m. at the North/Clybourn Red Line station in the 1500 block of North Clybourn, police said.
Police say a man got out of a dark-colored SUV and started shooting. The people he hit were also on foot.
The Chicago Transit Authority and Uber are offering free rides for fans during this week's Crosstown Classic.
Nearly 875,000 people ride CTA buses every day, but they usually ride on the inside.
The 39-year-old was stabbed in the chest by another female about 12:50 a.m. outside the Jefferson Park station.
Chicagoans can board the public-transit buses of yesterday. WBBM's Steve Miller reports.
Corvel Brown was stabbed in the abdomen during an argument in front of the turnstile at the train station at 12:37 p.m.
A man charged with firing a gun at the Clark and Division Red Line station early Saturday has been ordered held without bond.
On June 6, 1892, the first elevated trains began running on what is now the Green Line. Back then, it was known as the "Alley L."
The oldest portion of the Green Line opened June 6th, 1892, between Congress Parkway and 39th Street.
A woman hit by a Chicago Transit Authority bus in January as she crossed a street in the Loop is suing the driver and the transit agency.
A 16-year-old girl has been charged with robbing two women on CTA trains earlier this month, spraying one of the victims with pepper spray.
The Regional Transportation Authority is beginning to worry about its ballooning backlog in funding from the state's Public Transportation Fund -- and what it could mean for CTA, Metra and Pace riders.
Service was suspended about 4 a.m. between Polk and the Loop because of signal problems near the Ashland/Lake station.
Investigators have released surveillance images of the girl, and were asking for help identifying her.
A car and a bus collided early Sunday morning in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, killing four people, police said.
The person jumped onto the tracks about 12:30 a.m. in the first block of East Roosevelt, according to Chicago Police.
Thomas Pierre, 23, of the West Town neighborhood, was charged with misdemeanor counts of battery and reckless conduct for the attack.
A 50-year-old man was stabbed on a CTA Red Line train Sunday morning just north of the Addison Street station in Wrigleyville.
Witnesses say the suspect, who was between 50 and 60 years old, began sexually assaulting the teen. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
The robberies happened while the trains were in motion, according to an alert from Area Central detectives.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush, CTA President Dorval R. Carter, Jr. and Chicago Department of Transportation Commissioner Rebekah Scheinfeld announced Monday the plans to renovate CTA's Cottage Grove Green Line station and its surrounding area.
A man was seriously wounded Wednesday night when he was stabbed in his forehead during a fight on a CTA Red Line train on the South Side.
