CTA buses rerouted from DuSable Lake Shore Drive due to fog
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The evening will remain cloudy and foggy. Overnight, a warm front will usher in milder air and moisture overnight.
The CTA said the buses were being rerouted off the Outer Drive "because of conditions from severe weather."
Infamously, Lake Shore Drive was forced to shut down on Feb. 2, 2011, as Chicago was walloped by a blizzard that dumped a total of 21.2 inches in the city.
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A man and woman were in a car in the southbound lanes of DuSable Lake Shore Drive near 45th Street when they were shot.
The vehicle made it to southbound Lake Shore Drive near the Oak Street curve, where it crashed into another car.
The victim was taken to the hospital with injuries to the face, police say.
A woman is dead and three other people are critically injured following a crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive overnight.
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CBS 2's cameras on Thursday captured the city finally picking up downed light poles along DuSable Lake Shore Drive – including one we showed you a day earlier.
Some poles were removed a day after a woman told us she and her husband hit a downed pole on the Drive -- causing hundreds of dollars of damage to their car. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
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