CTA Brown Line service delayed due to cracked rail
Experts said the extreme cold can make the steel used in railroad tracks brittle, leading to small gaps in the track.
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Experts said the extreme cold can make the steel used in railroad tracks brittle, leading to small gaps in the track.
CBS Skywatch found the train Tuesday afternoon.
Police said the pair approached the passenger on the train and attempted to take their belongings.
The robberies happened in the Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods, with the first happening on Nov. 13 and the latest on Wednesday.
Police said a stolen car was speeding when it slammed into another car and a CTA bus.
Police are not using the word “chase” to describe what happened before a stolen Jeep hit another vehicle and a bus in the Washington Park neighborhood. Megan Hickey reports.
The Chicago Transit Authority said two cars crashed into each other, and then a bus.
CTA officials received a disturbance call just before 9:40 a.m. on board a bus near the entrance to the Red Line station along the Dan Ryan Expressway.
Firefighters and police officers carried out the full-scale grill at the North/Clybourn station. It involved a train, 15 people pretending to be riders, and a party fog machine to simulate smoke.
The victim was taken to an area hospital. It was not believed that anyone was in custody late Wednesday.
Service was disrupted by the stabbing near the Chicago Avenue station on the Near North Side. Jermont Terry reports.
The Chicago Transit Authority is offering a sweater described as a light-up masterpiece.
Celeste Pope, 18, was arrested on Tuesday in the 1700 block of South State Street.
The robbery happened around 9 p.m. on Oct. 22 in the 900 block of West Addison Street.
Chicago police said a boy and girl, both 15, were arrested on Tuesday in the 5100 block of South Wentworth Avenue. They were charged with aggravated battery to a transit employee.
Martel Mason, 25, was arrested on Wednesday in the 2600 block of South California Avenue.
The two-car train crashed into a snow plow around 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 17 on the main tracks adjacent to the Howard rail yard in Rogers Park, leaving 38 people hurt, including seven CTA employees.
The passenger punched the driver several times, then dragged her off the bus, and struck the driver several more times before running away.
Police said, around 9:40 a.m., a 22-year-old man got into a fight on a CTA bus in the 2500 block of South Ashland Avenue.
Police say the 22-year-old victim got into a fight with another passenger on the No. 9 Ashland bus near Cermak Road.
The three suspects approached the victim on board a train at the 47th Street station, displayed a knife, maced the victim, and tried to take their belongings.
Chicago police said the teen was arrested by officers and the Mass Transit Tactical Team on Friday in the 5100 block of South Wentworth Avenue.
The girl was charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery, one count of robbery, one count of attempted robbery, and one misdemeanor count of obstructing identification.
The teen was treated by Fire Department personnel on scene and did not go to the hospital.
Two women got into a quarrel on the No. 29 State Street bus at 87th Street, and one of them pulled a gun.
Police said the girl was taken to Stroger Hospital after she was shot in the leg Tuesday evening.
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Surveillance video at one business captured the crew wearing headlamps and using sledgehammers to break through the glass at the business before stealing an ATM from inside.
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