$492M Blue Line Renovation Project Begins This Weekend
The $492 million "Your New Blue" project begins with suspension of Blue Line service between the Logan Square and Western Avenue stations from 10 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday.
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The $492 million "Your New Blue" project begins with suspension of Blue Line service between the Logan Square and Western Avenue stations from 10 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday.
The agency that oversees public transportation in Chicago is suing American Airlines for falsely claiming to buy "vast amounts of jet fuel" from a small office in a rural community to avoid paying tens of millions of dollars in taxes in the nation's third-largest city, where the actual work is done.
Joe McBride, a spokesman for the Kansas City Aviation Department, said Friday that someone made a comment about a bomb, although it wasn't clear if it was one of the 67 passengers on Flight 4222 Thursday night or if it was phoned in.
The CTA will be getting an early start on a four-year project to completely overhaul the O'Hare branch of the Blue Line.
A pregnant, convicted bank robber from Milwaukee is in trouble with the law again, this time for trying to carry a gun onto a plane at O'Hare. WBBM's Bob Roberts was in court.
There is renewed concern for travelers in and out of Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports about the potential for terrorists to set off a shoe bomb.
Janessa M. Andrews, 22, of the 1600 block of North Lorel Avenue, was arrested Saturday at O'Hare after the traveler followed the device's GPS tracker to Andrews' home.
The founder of a Park Ridge group that advocates for safety and noise issues for people living near O'Hare Airport says the National Transportation Safety Board is issuing new guidelines to the FAA regarding the separation of planes, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
A 60-year-old woman was killed when two cars collided around 12:40 a.m. in the 5600 block of North Mannheim Road.
The captain of a flight from Washington, D.C. ordered an emergency evacuation "out of an abundance of caution."
The woman who owned an alligator that caused a bit of a stir at O'Hare International Airport in November has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty, for abandoning the reptile at the airport.
No one was injured, but 80 passengers had to be transported by shuttle buses from the stalled train, which had been heading toward Chicago around 9 p.m. Friday.
Matthew Segur, 39, flew into O'Hare International Airport on a British Airways flight on Monday, when his connecting flight to Dallas was canceled due to the severe winter weather.
Frigid conditions in the Chicago area continued to create problems for drivers, commuters, and air travelers, leaving passengers stuck at the airport, and even stranded on Amtrak trains headed to Chicago.
Travel headaches continued Monday morning at Chicago's airports, thanks to the frigid conditions.
The airlines expect a lot of people will be trying to travel today - because tomorrow is going to be the first day back at work for many people after Christmas and New Year's.
A plane slid off a taxiway at O'Hare International Airport on Saturday evening.
Goats, sheep, llamas and burros that helped clear vegetation around O'Hare International Airport this year are coming back in the spring.
Are you headed to Chicago for the holidays and need to know where to eat and what to do? This guide will get you started and help you have a memorable experience in the Windy City.
Many people are packing their bags, getting set to head out of town for the holidays. Friday is the busiest travel day of the season at O'Hare and Midway airports.
The department also plans to open a yoga room at the city's Midway International Airport in the near future.
When a child is seriously ill, a parent will do just about anything to make him or her happy. One children's charity teamed up with United Airlines this weekend in Chicago to help several parents of seriously ill kids very happy.
Chicago winters often cause a flight delay or two, so knowing where to drown your sorrows can be an essential coping skill to possess. Here are a few good watering holes in those transitional travel depots.
On the heels of a major overhaul of the Dan Ryan branch of the Red Line, the CTA is planning a nearly half-billion-dollar upgrade of its second busiest train line: the Blue Line to O'Hare International Airport.
About four hours in to the 12-hour flight from Seoul, Eugenio Rodriguez began to feel sick.
