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People walk along the Blue LIne tracks next to the Eisenhower Expressway following a derailment of a CTA train.

CTA: Truck tire on the tracks leads to minor derailment of Blue Line train on West Side

November 3, 2021 at 8:37 p.m.

Officials said a Forest Park bound Blue Line CTA train derailed slightly after the train hit an automobile tire that somehow ended up on the tracks. The incident happened at...

CTA: Truck tire on the tracks leads to minor derailment of Blue Line train on West Side

December 23, 2018 at 5:24 p.m.

Officials said a Forest Park bound Blue Line CTA train derailed slightly after the train hit an automobile tire that somehow ended up on the tracks. The incident happened at...

Slaying of boy, 16: ‘People that stole his life had no reason’

May 21, 2019 at 7:52 a.m.

Family and friends expressed frustration and despair Sunday over the death of Michael Flournoy, a sophomore at Simeon High School with no arrest record, who was shot and killed Saturday...

Slaying of boy, 16: ‘People that stole his life had no reason’

August 24, 2021 at 10:44 p.m.

Family and friends expressed frustration and despair Sunday over the death of Michael Flournoy, a sophomore at Simeon High School with no arrest record, who was shot and killed Saturday...

Lawsuit: 2 Oak Park women ‘trampled’ at Beyonce concert

May 21, 2019 at 7:43 a.m.

Two Cook County women are suing Beyonce, the United Center and Live Nation, saying they were trampled on their way into one of the entertainer's recent Chicago concerts. Raquel Castellanos...

Woman, 2 grandkids shot: ‘It doesn’t make me angry, it makes me scared’

May 21, 2019 at 7:40 a.m.

Daisy Atwood was getting ready for bed when she got the call: Her daughter and two great-grandsons, 3 and 5, had been shot while headed home from the store. "I...

Police: Charges pending in fatal Edens wreck

June 17, 2018 at 4:26 p.m.

Charges are pending in an early-morning crash Sunday on the Edens Expressway that killed a 26-year-old Minnesota man when the car he was driving was rear-ended by another driver, police...

Many of Robert Cann's friends joined for a memorial gathering at the accident scene.

Mom of bicyclist killed in DUI accident sues driver

May 21, 2019 at 7:25 a.m.

The mother of a bicyclist killed last spring while riding in the Old Town neighborhood filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the man charged in his death as well as the...

Science museum expands teacher training

June 17, 2018 at 3:46 p.m.

The Museum of Science and Industry is expanding efforts it has made in recent years to train middle school teachers in science as part of a broader initiative to motivate...

A CTA Blue Line train sits on top of an escalator at O'Hare International Airport on March 24, 2014, after it derailed and hit the platform about 2:55 a.m.

First lawsuits filed in CTA Blue Line derailment

May 21, 2019 at 7:21 a.m.

Lawsuits against the CTA emerged Tuesday over the Blue Line train derailment a day earlier at the O'Hare International Airport stop that injured more than 30 people. Airport newsstand employee...

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