Bishop Ford Reopens After Police Investigate Suspicious Package

Illinois State Police shut down the Bishop Ford Freeway in both directions for more than an hour Wednesday afternoon, after finding a suspicious package on the roadway.

• Mar 23, 2016

Suspicious Package Leads To Evacuation Of Des Plaines Good Will Store

A Good Will in Des Plaines was evacuated Saturday afternoon after an employee discovered what they believed to be an explosive device in a donated package, according to Des Plaines police.

• Dec 5, 2015

Downers Grove Library Reopened After Suspicious Object Deemed Non Hazardous

A library in Downers Grove has reopened after being evacuated Wednesday afternoon to investigate a suspicious package.

• Dec 2, 2015

All Clear At O'Hare After Suspicious Package Report Snarls Traffic

Traffic at Terminal Three at O'Hare Airport is moving again after Chicago police and fire units were on the scene of after a report of a suspicious package.

• Sep 8, 2015

Student's Art Project Prompts Bomb Scare On South Side

A South Side intersection was shut down for nearly two hours Thursday morning while authorities responded to a suspicious object that turned out to be an art project.

• Nov 6, 2014

Police Investigating Suspicious Package In River North

Police are investigating a suspicious package hat has streets closed in the River North neighborhood.

• Oct 16, 2014

Suspicious Package At McDonald's HQ Was Media Player

McDonald's corporate headquarters in west suburban Oak Brook were evacuated late Friday morning, after someone found a suspicious package that turned out to be a digital media player.

• Sep 26, 2014

No Explosives Found In Unattended Bag At O'Hare

Part of Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport was evacuated for more than an hour Wednesday morning, as police investigated a suspicious package.

• Sep 24, 2014

Lake Shore Drive Reopens After Suspicious Package Checked

Chicago police shut down Lake Shore Drive on the North Side for more than an hour Wednesday afternoon as they investigated a suspicious package.

• Apr 16, 2014

Suspicious Package Cleared In Hyde Park; Metra Trains Running Again

A suspicious package at a Metra station in the Hyde Park neighborhood halted trains for more than an hour on the South Side early Thursday afternoon.

• Jan 16, 2014

Suspicious Package At West Loop Mariano's Deemed Safe

A Chicago Fire Department hazardous materials team and the Chicago Police Bomb and Arson Section were called to the Mariano's at 40 S. Halsted St. shortly before 9 a.m.

• Sep 19, 2013

Michigan Avenue Reopened After Suspicious Package Deemed Safe

For the second day in a row, Michigan Avenue was shut down near the bridge over the Chicago River, as police investigated a suspicious device.

• Apr 30, 2013

Suspicious Package On Plane Delays Flight At O'Hare

A bomb scare at O'Hare's Terminal 3 Monday afternoon has delayed a flight to the East Coast.

• Dec 10, 2012

Suspicious Package Outside Kane County Court Turns Out To Be DVD, Video Game

A suspicious package prompted authorities to shut down the parking lot at the Kane County Judicial Center Wednesday morning, but it turned out to be only a DVD, a video game and a calculator.

• May 2, 2012

Suspicious Package Sends Workers Out Of Daley Center

Workers poured out of the Daley Center courthouse and office building Wednesday when a suspicious package was found nearby outside the County Building.

• Apr 25, 2012

Israeli Consulate To Reopen After Being Evacuated

The Israeli Consul General in Chicago says the consulate in the Ogilvie Transportation Center is expected to reopen Tuesday morning, a day after being evacuated because of a suspicious envelope.

• Jan 31, 2012

Israeli Consulate Evacuated For Suspicious Package

The Israeli consulate in downtown Chicago was evacuated Monday afternoon after a worker opened a package containing a suspicious white powder.

• Jan 30, 2012

Crews Investigate Fuel Spill, Suspicious Package On CTA Bus

Officials investigated a report of a suspicious package aboard a CTA bus that was also leaking fuel Monday afternoon in the Loop. The package turned out to contain corn starch.

• Dec 19, 2011

Lake Zurich High School Locked Down Due To Suspicious Package

Lake Zurich High School was put on lockdown for a few hours this morning after a suspicious package was found.

• Nov 28, 2011

Suspicious Package Shuts Down Metra Electric Line In Hyde Park

A suspicious package halted the busy Metra Electric Line in the Hyde Park neighborhood late Friday morning.

• Oct 14, 2011

False Alarm About Suspicious Package Shuts Down Part Of Blue Line

The Forest Park branch of the Blue Line was shut down along its westernmost stretch Friday morning, for a report of a suspicious package that turned out to be a false alarm.

• Oct 7, 2011

'Suspicious' Package Disrupts Service On Blue Line

Service on the CTA'S Blue Line was disrupted for more than an hour as police investigated a report of a suspicious package in the Northwest Side Logan Square neighborhood Wednesday evening.

• Sep 14, 2011

Blue Line Station Reopens After Suspicious Package Found

The Blue line subway stop at Jackson Boulevard, and the pedestrian tunnel that connects to the Red Line, have reopened Wednesday afternoon, more than two hours after they were closed due to a suspicious package.

• Aug 24, 2011

Teen Says Suspicious Package At Millennium Park Was 'Misunderstanding'

An 18-year-old Lincoln Park resident accused of causing an evacuation at Millennium Park Saturday evening told WBBM Newsradio 780 that he was taking part in a "costume play" and that it was all a misunderstanding.

• Jul 10, 2011

Suspicious Package Clears Part Of Millennium Park

Chicago police took three subjects in custody and said a suspicious object found near the iconic "Bean" sculpture was part of a "role-playing event."

• Jul 9, 2011

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