Liam Ford

Blue Line service resumes after hour suspension for reports of gas leaks in Loop

September 27, 2019 at 5:49 p.m.

CTA Blue Line service was suspended through downtown for about an hour midday Friday following reports of possible gas leaks in the Dearborn Street subway, authorities said. Fire officials were...

Emergency personnel respond to CTA elevated tracks after a southbound Brown Line train may have collided with a southbound Purple Line train north of the Sedgwick station in Chicago on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019.

Brown, Purple line CTA service resumes after 2 trains collided near Sedgwick, 14 people sent to hospitals

September 25, 2019 at 12:35 a.m.

CTA Brown and Purple line trains were halted near the Sedgwick Street station for a little more than an hour Tuesday morning after CTA officials said two trainscollided. A southbound...

Acusan a un sujeto de apuñalar a muerte al hijo de un bombero

September 13, 2019 at 7:17 p.m.

Un residente del oeste de la ciudad fue acusado del asesinato en junio del hijo de un teniente del Departamento de Bomberos de Chicago, la víctima fue encontrado apuñalado fatalmente...

Man charged in June stabbing death of fire lieutenant’s son, arson of his van on South Side after dispute over cash from sale of hydraulic car lifts

September 13, 2019 at 8:58 p.m.

A man charged with stabbing to death the son of a Chicago Fire Department lieutenant in June had been upset in the days leading up to the killing because of...

Man in medically induced coma after being hit in the head with a bowling ball during a fight in Cicero

September 6, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

Cicero police say they have identified an attacker who they believe critically injured a man by hitting him in the head with a thrown bowling ball during a fight this...

Woman pulled from lake at North Avenue Beach

September 5, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

An unresponsive woman was pulled from Lake Michigan at North Avenue Beach by a bystander and taken to a hospital Thursday morning after fire officials performed CPR, officials said. Emergency...

Yellow Line service resumes after being suspended for hour because of tree debris near Howard Street terminal

September 3, 2019 at 4:14 p.m.

Service on the CTA's Skokie-bound Yellow Line was suspended Tuesday morning for more than an hour because of debris on the tracks near the Howard Street "L" station, according to...

1 dead after Near West Side hit-and-run that injured 5 others; driver of minivan sought by cops

August 29, 2019 at 3:03 p.m.

The driver of a minivan was being sought by police after a man died and five other people were injured when the van ran a red light and was hit...

Red Line trains return to subway after being rerouted because of person on tracks

August 28, 2019 at 1:25 p.m.

Red Line trains resumed normal service Tuesday afternoon after being rerouted from the State Street subway for about half an hour because of a person on the tracks, officials said....

Man dies when motorcycle crashes into minivan on Northwest Side

August 8, 2019 at 8:28 p.m.

A man died after the motorcycle he was on hit a minivan that was trying to cross a busy Portage Park neighborhood street Thursday morning, police said. The 47-year-old man...

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