Chicago Transportation

FILE – Search efforts are seen around a wreckage site of a deadly midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Jan. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Army finds systemic failures behind DC midair collision and calls for safety fixes

By Josh Funk

October 8, 2026 at 3:24 p.m.

The U.S. Army found many systemic breakdowns that led to last year’s midair collision between...

A monarch butterfly climbs on verbena blooms Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Oak Park. Land managers of rights-of-way throughout the area are increasingly implementing monarch-friendly practices such as installing native plants and mowing less frequently. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

As monarch butterflies head south, they’re getting an assist along utility rights of way, roadways

By Susan DeGrane

October 9, 2026 at 9:52 a.m.

The Illinois Department of Transportation, ComEd and other agencies are implementing practices along rights of...

Participants finish the Chicago Marathon on Columbus Avenue in Grant Park on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Chicago Marathon 2026: Course map, tips for spectators and participants — and how to drive downtown (or avoid it)

By Kori Rumore

October 8, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Chicago Marathon's 26.2-mile course is flat, fast and ready to welcome more than 55,000...

The German zeppelin Hindenburg bursts into flames as it noses toward the mooring post at the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937. (Murray Becker/AP)

Landmarks: A Hindenburg survivor’s legacy lives on at his Homewood home and a Saint Xavier University dorm

By Paul Eisenberg

May 8, 2026 at 2:55 p.m.

Nelson Morris, of Homewood, was one of four Chicago area passengers on the doomed Hindenburg...

Luciano V. replaces the fuel nozzel after filling the tank of their 1999 Mazda Miata at an Astro gas station on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Gasoline costs 50% more in the US than it did before the Iran war

By Cathy Bussewitz

May 5, 2026 at 4:41 p.m.

The price of a gallon of regular gasoline climbed 31 cents in the past week,...

A traveler walks past covered Spirit Airlines kiosks, Saturday, May 2, 2026, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in Houston. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi)

Spirit Airlines has stopped flying. Here’s what happens next.

By Rio Yamat

May 5, 2026 at 3:37 p.m.

Lawyers for Spirit Airlines returned to a U.S. bankruptcy court in New York on Tuesday...

This image provided by the U.S. Postal Service shows stamps featuring historic spots along Route 66 that are being released in May 2026 to mark the celebrated highway’s centennial. (U.S. Postal Service via AP)

USPS unveils Route 66 centennial stamps

By Associated Press

May 5, 2026 at 11:12 a.m.

The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday is releasing eight stamps marking significant parts of the...

Jeff Eagan, District 230 assistant superintendent of business services, speaks to the board in February. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Orland High School District 230 to end bus contract with Safeway

By Addison Wright

May 4, 2026 at 4:26 p.m.

Orland High School District 230 will not renew a bus contract with Safeway Transportation Services...

FILE – A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 prepares to take off from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Jan. 19, 2021, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Spirit Airlines built a model the industry copied. Then it collapsed.

By Bernard Condon

May 2, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.

Spirit Airlines, the scrappy discounter that once rattled the industry with cheeky ads and rock-bottom...

President Donald Trump speaks at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach Fla., Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

President Trump likes the idea of the government owning some US companies but took a pass on Spirit Airlines

By Josh Boak

May 2, 2026 at 1:43 p.m.

President Donald Trump had no qualms about a government takeover of Spirit Airlines, so long...

An Emirati patrol boat, left, is near a tanker anchored in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from a coastal road near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

US threatens shipping firms with sanctions if they pay Iran to transit the Strait of Hormuz

By Sarah El Deeb

May 2, 2026 at 9:40 a.m.

The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control alert posted Friday adds pressure in the standoff...

A Spirit Airlines 319 Airbus approaches Manchester Boston Regional Airport for a landing on June 2, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Spirit Airlines says it’s going out of business after 34 years and is ending operations immediately

By Rio Yamat

May 2, 2026 at 7:37 a.m.

Spirit Airlines, an impish upstart that shook the industry with its irreverent ads and deep...

A crashed Cessna airplane is seen in a wooded area on Round Rock Road in Wimberley, Texas, Friday, May 1, 2026. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Plane carrying pickleball players crashes in Texas Hill Country, killing all 5 on board

By Jim Vertuno

May 1, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.

Names of the victims were not immediately released by authorities, though the Amarillo Pickleball Club...