CTA calls for feedback on plans to upgrade to bus service on 5 corridors
The Bus Priority Corridor Study will explore ways to make bus travel faster, more convenient, and more comfortable on five specific routes, the CTA said.
Person killed when Metra train hits vehicle near Grayslake
Metra Milwaukee District North train No. 2113 struck a vehicle near Grayslake and Hainesville.
Tim Moore named head of CPD Internal Affairs, which oversees consent decree reforms
In the new role, Moore will be responsible for all operations in the bureau, which investigates allegations of misconduct by CPD officers.
Man apprehended, charged weeks after carjacking in Hegewisch
Anthony Nunnally, 20, of the Jeffery Manor neighborhood, was charged with carjacking a 19-year-old man.
Multiple people sue after being burned at Navy Pier restaurant
Several people are suing the owner and general manager of the Offshore Rooftop restaurant at Navy Pier, after they were burned in a small fire during a corporate event there.
Truck driver electrocuted when grain chute rips down power lines in McHenry Cty.
A semi-trailer truck driver was electrocuted in an incident on a farm in McHenry County, Illinois this week.
Chad Willetts, musician and owner of Le Piano in Rogers Park, dies at 61
Longtime Rogers Park resident Chad Willetts, a pianist and drummer, died suddenly on Friday, Oct. 17.
Attorney sues over curfew on protests outside ICE facility in Broadview
An attorney filed a lawsuit this week challenging an order by the Village of Broadview that imposed a curfew on protest activity at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.
First grader returns to Southwest Side school after heart transplant
Classmates and teachers at Peck Elementary School, 3826 W. 58th St., welcomed Joselin Nevarez to school Tuesday.
Los Angeles displaces Chicago as America's rattiest city
For 10 years, going back to the inception of the rankings, the pest control company Orkin rated Chicago the rattiest city in America.
Fire damages townhome in Orland Park, firefighter treated for dehydration
A fire ripped through a townhouse in the southwest Chicago suburb of Orland Park Monday night.
Teen shot during robbery attempt in West Ridge
At 6 p.m. Monday, the teen was attacked in the alley behind the 2700 block of West Glenlake Avenue in West Ridge, or West Rogers Park.
Lurie Children's Hospital launches advanced leukemia program
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital this week launched a new advanced leukemia program.
CTA workers warn of risks of service cuts with major shortfall persisting
Workers represented by the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308 were out at CTA Blue and Red Line stations to inform people about the possible impact of the cuts.
Chicago Public Schools lunchroom workers to march for higher wages, staffing
Chicago Public Schools lunchroom workers gathered outside the Chicago Board of Education downtown Monday morning.