The Niles Police Department posted about the crash, near the Village Crossing shopping center in the 5600 block of Touhy Ave., at 6:39 a.m. "Please use alternate routes at this time," the department ...

After a night that saw crowds of passengers waiting for delayed trains at Union Station, Metra is warning of more delays on ...

A 64-year-old man has died after the snowplow he was driving was struck by a Metra train in suburban Bartlett Monday morning.

Chicago-area transit users will see reduced service on Metra train lines Friday as the agency aims to protect its infrastructure amid an extreme cold snap.

A suspect who allegedly poured a flammable liquid on a 26-year-old woman and set her on fire onboard a CTA train this week is now facing federal terrorism charges. According to charging documents ...

All northbound lanes on the I-94 Edens Expressway in the north suburbs near the Dundee exit were briefly shut down Wednesday due to a major traffic crash, the Illinois State Police said. The accident ...

UPDATE: A "blowing dust warning" has been issued for some counties in the region. See the latest here. Interstate 55 was shut down in both directions Monday in south central Illinois as police ...

In an overnight marathon session, the Illinois General Assembly has passed a massive $1.5 billion bill to address a looming mass transit “fiscal cliff.” The rescue package will include an increase in ...

A woman riding the Chicago Transit Authority's Blue Line in Oak Park told police she was last week attacked by another passenger wielding a sock filled with human feces. "He had a sock full of his ...

A deadly crash between a motorcycle and a dump truck overnight in suburban Arlington Heights left a busy road closed for hours during the Monday morning rush hour commute, with traffic and delays ...