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The 50-ton boulder was found below the surface of the airfield at O'Hare during the excavation of the South Detention Basin. The Chicago Department of Aviation is asking the public to help name it. (Chicago Department of Aviation)

Chicago asks for help naming 50-ton boulder unearthed at O’Hare

September 9, 2026 at 4:29 p.m.

The 50-ton boulder was discovered about 30 feet underground during excavation work on a stormwater detention project, the city said. The project is part of work for the city's multibillion...

A person walks atop a concrete median that leads up to the Cortland Street Bridge over the Chicago River on Sept. 2, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Is the Cortland Street Bridge a precious landmark or a traffic albatross?

September 9, 2026 at 3:02 p.m.

The Cortland Street Bridge is said to be the oldest model of a trunnion bascule bridge, an iconic movable bridge design native to Chicago’s landscape.

Executive Director Leanne Redden attends the final regular Regional Transportation Authority board meeting on Aug. 20, 2026, in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

RTA executive director retires as transit shake-up takes root

September 2, 2026 at 3:32 p.m.

A day after the governance shake-up mandated by Illinois’ transit reform legislation took effect, the executive director of the now-defunct Regional Transportation Authority announced her retirement.

Families who used South Chicago Chapel and Bohemian National Cemetery to handle the remains of deceased loved ones gather outside the closed funeral home for a vigil Aug. 30, 2026, in the South Deering neighborhood. Over 50 decomposing bodies were discovered earlier in the month at the funeral home and cemetery. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Maggots, rat feces and a body in a bathroom: Records detail decrepit conditions at South Side funeral home

September 2, 2026 at 4:21 p.m.

On Aug. 3, state investigators inspecting the notorious South Chicago Chapel were confronted with an overwhelming smell and a nightmarish scene.

Lester Barclay, Chicago Transit Board chairman, speaks alongside Nora Leerhsen, CTA acting president, on Aug. 26, 2026, during an RTA Ad Hoc Committee on NITA Transition meeting at the Old Post Office. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

As a new CTA board is seated in September, the current chair positions himself to stay in mix

August 28, 2026 at 2:39 p.m.

“If asked, I wouldn’t mind serving,” Lester Barclay said when asked about the prospect of staying on as chair. “But I think that’s up to the board. I respect the...

A CTA Blue Line Forest Park-bound train approaches the Illinois Medical District station on July 22, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Sluggish Blue Line commutes frustrate riders. Faster trips could be coming — but slowly.

August 26, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

On the Forest Park branch of the Blue Line, slow zones now comprise more than 84% of the track, up from 20% a decade ago.

An artist's rendering shows a plan for the O’Hare Flyer, a battery-powered train, that would travel from O’Hare International Airport to downtown Chicago in 15 minutes. (O'Hare Flyer LLC)

A 15-minute express train to O’Hare? One group is making the pitch, but the proposal faces hurdles.

August 25, 2026 at 1:45 p.m.

The aspirational plan, called the O’Hare Flyer, would rely on the use of freight railroad tracks to shuttle travelers between downtown and the airport.

Gov. JB Pritzker after signing the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, the Illinois transit funding and reform bill, at Union Station in Chicago on Dec. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Gov. JB Pritzker announces his appointments to the new Northern Illinois Transit Authority board

August 21, 2026 at 2:37 p.m.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced his Northern Illinois Transit Authority board appointments Friday, ending speculation about the final composition of the new board.

Kirk Dillard, chair of the RTA board, speaks during the final Regional Transportation Authority board meeting in Chicago on Aug. 20, 2026, before the Northern Illinois Transit Authority takes full control in September. Board member Michael Lewis is on the right. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

RTA approves funding estimates in final meeting before being replaced by Northern Illinois Transit Authority

August 20, 2026 at 2:11 p.m.

Regional Transportation Authority board members met for the final regularly scheduled meeting of the agency’s more than 50-year history.

People bundled against the cold weather board a Chicago Transit Authority bus on Damen Avenue at Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago on Jan. 22, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai) CTA

CTA adding bus service to some routes starting Sunday

August 18, 2026 at 1:34 p.m.

The Chicago Transit Authority will add three more bus routes to its “frequent” network and will expand the hours of operation or frequency of service on a batch of other...

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