Charges dropped against man shot by Chicago cop at Grand station
March 2, 2020
A man shot and seriously wounded by a Chicago police officer in a downtown train station won't face charges, as prosecutors on Sunday dropped the criminal case stemming from an incident captured on bystander video and shared widely. Cook County prosecutors moved to drop resisting arrest and criminal...
Loop crime escalates
Nate Burleyson and Cailey Gleeson
February 23, 2020
Following last Monday’s shooting that killed 24-year-old Edward Charleston and injured two others in the tunnel connecting the Jackson Red and Blue Lines, police charged 23-year-old Torrez Cathery on Friday. Cathery was found in Oak Park. The suspect has 22 prior arrests on his record, according...
Shooting at Jackson Red Line stop kills one, injures two
Cailey Gleeson, Nation & World Editor
February 17, 2020
A man was killed and two others injured in a shooting early Monday morning in the tunnel connecting Blue and Red line Jackson stops, according to the Chicago Police Department. The shooting occurred just after 2 a.m. in the 200 block of South Dearborn Street, police said. The man pronounced dea...
Man stabbed on Red Line at Fullerton stop
Bianca Cseke, Online Managing Editor
December 6, 2019
A man was stabbed Friday morning on a Red Line train at the Fullerton stop by DePaul's Lincoln Park campus, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. A 29-year-old man said he was on the train about 6 a.m. and tried to calm down another man who had been yelling, and the other man, 31, attacked him and they b...
Recently paroled robber held without bond in fatal stabbing near Wintrust Arena
July 24, 2019
A recently paroled armed robber is being held without bond in the stabbing death of a man aboard a Chicago Transit Authority train. Tony Polk is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 54-year-old Troy Johnson, who authorities said was trying to protect another passenger from a knife-wielding...
CTA raises awareness for Chicago’s low blood supply
Marty O'Connell, Contributing Writer
January 28, 2019
If you’re waiting for the Red Line in the coming weeks, you might notice a peculiar advertisement wrapped around the train cars: a message that, in big bold letters, declares the train cars the “Blood Line.” This is part of a blood drive campaign the company Vitalent formed to run throughout the c...
CTA to use ride-sharing tax to upgrade security
Brian Pearlman, Copy Editor
March 12, 2018
The CTA is getting a new set of security upgrades funded in part from the city’s ride-hailing service fee, according to an announcement made Feb. 27. The $33 million worth of improvements include upgrading more than 3,800 older security cameras to new high-definition versions, as well as adding 1,00...
Signal boost: CTA plans to install 4G service on Red and Blue lines
Natalie Taylor
February 8, 2015
Technological advancements in the past decade have brought the world into a state of constant connectivity. Now, that connection will go where no service has gone before, underground. Last month Chicago announced its plan to install 4G service on CTA blue and red line trains. Read More »...
