Their stories involve a sitar, a surfboard, a famous writer and several root beer floats.

A visitation for gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, who died at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park on Jan. 27, ...

When you board an American long-distance train, you are trading airport routine for entry into a locomotive-driven realm where there is neither TSA nor WiFi.

Officers started making appearances on platforms in groups of six to eight this week in the CTA's new Transit Rider ...

In a journey of just five miles in the city of Chicago, the housing thins out, the shopping fades and you step into a neighborhood where residents' lives are, on average, 20 years shorter than those ...

Three friends race across Chicago's CTA ‘l’ to visit all 146 stations in under nine hours, earning a Guinness World Records ...

One person was killed after an Amtrak train hit a vehicle near southwest suburban Lemont. The train struck a cargo box truck at a crossing on a private road for a business just east of Lemont. The cab ...

The improvements come following the death of Grace Bentkowski at Hegewisch station in July 2024.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 4, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event ...

CTA passenger allegedly beaten into coma with brain injuries, broken ribs won't see attacker serve prison time under current ...

One person has been arrested, and another remained on the loose Sunday, after a burglary on a train had police in Chicago's ...

Shamus Toomey, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. Shamus has details on: CTA Riders May See More Police ...