Quiet Cars Coming To All Metra Lines
Starting today, all the lines in the Metra commuter rail system will introduce "quiet cars" on their trains.
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Starting today, all the lines in the Metra commuter rail system will introduce "quiet cars" on their trains.
An Amtrak train hit a Metra commuter train Friday morning at Union Station, sending as many as 12 people to area hospitals.
Naperville and Metra police continued to investigate the apparent suicide of a man who stepped in front of a speeding freight train at Metra's Fourth Avenue station north of the city's downtown.
A 53-year-old Naperville woman remained hospitalized Tuesday evening after she apparently fell in front of a moving Metra train along the Naperville-Aurora border.
Metra trains on the Union Pacific / Northwest Line are moving again after a person was found near the tracks in northwest suburban Park Ridge.
Residents of a North Side condominium complex may try to derail the latest plan to rebuild a portion of Metra's Union Pacific North line.
Metra says its test of "quiet cars" has been so successful the rail agency will roll them out on all of its rush-hour trains.
Metra CEO Alex Clifford is weighing a plan to cut service and raise fares as early as July, to offset recent high fuel costs. Newsradio 780's Bob Roberts reports.
A Metra train crashed into a semi-trailer truck Friday morning in Mount Prospect, causing the truck to burst into flames.
Real-time arrival information is coming to a CTA bus shelter near you.
Metra wants to know if an attempted sabotage in 2007 was related to a al-Qaeda, with new information out that the terrorist agency was planning to target rail lines.
Chicago continues to step up security measures in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death.
A female coyote that looked "like Wile E. Coyote after a rough day with the Road Runner" was unharmed and taken into the care of the proper authorities after she was found trapped at a Metra station in the Loop Sunday morning.
A Metra train struck and killed a person in Des Plaines this morning, leading to projected delays estimated at an hour or more.
During a visit to Chicago, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood offered no federal commitments to help rebuild or expand the region's deteriorating transit system.
An autopsy Sunday determined the death of a man who was killed when a Metra train struck him in south suburban Hazel Crest was accidental.
A 44-year-old man was struck and killed by a Metra train in west suburban Wood Dale on Saturday.
The wife of a Joliet man struck and killed by a Metra train last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the rail agency and its partners.
Metra officials on Friday announced they're broadening an investigation into claims that a former rail agency employee tried to shake down a film production. 2 Investigator Pam Zekman reports.
There are signs the gasoline price crisis may be making Chicago traffic jams a little easier to bear.
Rising gas prices have everyone thinking about the best way to get around. Public transportation is highly touted, but is it the smart way to go?
Independent investigators are looking into allegations that a film location manager was hit up for a $2,000 bribe when the thriller "Source Code" filmed in Chicago last year. A Metra employee purportedly demanded the kickback.
A lawsuit was filed Friday claiming that a man was falsely arrested and charged with armed robbery because he refused to help with the murder investigation of a Metra police officer.
A Chicago man faces battery charges after he was involved in a scuffle with a Metra train conductor during yesterday's evening rush hour.
The three men accused in a crime spree that involved an attack on a CBS News Chicago crew last week appeared back in court Wednesday morning.
Another round of tickets for the Obama Presidential Center went on sale on Wednesday morning.
At least one person was hospitalized Wednesday morning after a fire on Chicago's West Side.
A former Wisconsin judge will soon learn her sentence for felony obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal officers.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.
A former Wisconsin judge will soon learn her sentence for felony obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal officers.
A key Chicago City Council committee has joined the growing chorus calling for U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros to resign.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday that the city is falling short of its revenue predictions for 2026.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has over the past two days attacked three commercial vessels that were traveling through the Strait of Hormuz.
The top Republicans in the Senate spoke with the Kentucky Republican by phone this week, according to their spokespeople.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
An Illinois law banning "swipe fees" on taxes and tips — already delayed twice by lawmakers — appears to be on life support after a federal judge that once permitted it issued a permanent injunction against it this week.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
The north Chicago suburb of Glenview became the latest Illinois municipality this week to confirm mosquitoes testing positive for the West Nile virus this year.
Environmental and community groups are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to act on a petition challenging U.S. Steel Gary Works operating permit renewal.
In the four years since Roe v. Wade was overturned and Illinois became a destination for abortion care, Illinois providers and advocates have rebuilt the state's infrastructure to support the tens of thousands of people who travel to the state for abortion services every year.
June is National Aphasia Awareness Month, raising awareness of a disorder that affects a person's ability to speak, write, and understand both spoken and written language.
Chicago Soul Café opened Monday at 6248 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
The Chicago Bears this weekend said they are assessing land at Wolf Lake Terminals in Hammond, Indiana, for a possible new stadium.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
Daley's Restaurant, known as Chicago's oldest, has served Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood for more than 130 years.
Walgreens is set to close in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood on Thursday, and there's growing concern about where families will get their medications.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.
Nikki Glaser, Michelle Wolf, Ali Siddiq and Bert Kreischer are among the comedians coming to the city to perform from Nov. 5 to Nov. 15.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were married as they celebrated their wedding with hundreds of guests Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Renowned singer-songwriter and Chicago-area native John Prine will be honored with a mural at the Old Town School of Folk Music in the Lincoln Square community.
Victor Willis, lead singer of the disco group Village People, whose hit "Y.M.C.A." became a fixture at rallies for President Trump, has died at the age of 74, his wife and the band said.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has your 11 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
In this 1988 clip from the Channel 2 News "First Edition," Bob Wallace, Lester Holt, and Linda MacLennan are live in Grant Park for the Taste of Chicago. On the advice of someone in the crowd, Wallace cuts off part of Holt's necktie.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles.
The three men accused in a crime spree that involved an attack on a CBS News Chicago crew last week were due back in court Wednesday morning.
Another round of tickets for the Obama Presidential Center went on sale on Wednesday morning.
One person was killed, and another was injured after two shootings less than a mile apart on Tuesday night.
Tow boats are working to recover a sunken boat found in Lake Michigan on Wednesday morning.
The three men accused in a crime spree that involved an attack on a CBS News Chicago crew last week appeared back in court Wednesday morning.
Another round of tickets for the Obama Presidential Center went on sale on Wednesday morning.
At least one person was hospitalized Wednesday morning after a fire on Chicago's West Side.
Kevin Jackson was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 22 years in prison before he was freed. Now he has realized his dream by starting a landscaping business. But his quest to be declared innocent continues.
The weeds keep growing, and the complaints keep piling up, but neighbors on one street in the Washington Heights community on Chicago's South Side say nothing is changing.
City officials unveil underground stormwater storage units to reduce flooding on the West Side
Crown Point Mayor Peter Land says that flooding has been an issue for years and that the construction plan has been in the works for almost 10 years.
About 13,000 people were treated in emergency rooms for fireworks-related injuries in 2025, and with America's 250 birthday celebration about to start, doctors worry even more people could get hurt this year.
Sam Antonacci had three of Chicago's four hits.
Matthew Boyd pitched six shutout innings, Alex Bregman drove in two runs and the Chicago Cubs beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 Tuesday night.
The digital billboard teases Bears football games and other advertisements.
Fans saw the team's chances of reaching the quarterfinals for the first time in 24 years crushed on Monday night in their knockout match against Belgium.
Belgium defeated the U.S. Men's National Team 4-1 on Monday night in the World Cup round of 16 knockout match in Seattle, ending the Americans' hopes of reaching the quarterfinals for the first time in 24 years.
The three men accused in a crime spree that involved an attack on a CBS News Chicago crew last week appeared back in court Wednesday morning.
A former Wisconsin judge will soon learn her sentence for felony obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal officers.
Two people were shot, and one of them died, in an apartment in the north Chicago suburb of Mundelein on Tuesday morning.
Mexico said it is investigating whether its sovereignty was violated by the United States in the 2024 capture of drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
A man has been arrested and charged in a shooting that left another man dead last fall in Chicago's Auburn Gresham community.
