Traffic was at a standstill on both sides of the bridge, which could not be fully closed after being raised earlier Wednesday. Authorities with the city's Office of Emergency Management and Communicat...

It was supposed to be the Transportation Committee's second special quarterly meeting this year, where Council members can question CTA interim President Nora Leerhsen.

The bill awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker's signature would classify e-devices that travel over 28 mph as motor vehicles starting Jan. 1, 2027 and subject those riders to the state's drunk driving laws.

Mr. Sianis was happy to see the "Curse of the Billy Goat" his uncle placed on the Cubs broken when the team won the World Series in 2016.

Sometimes that's happening amid a robbery, fight or other crime. Sometimes the pushing is accidental. Sometimes it's random. There have been more than 60 incidents over the last five years, recently o...

A Sun-Times review of more than 100 lawsuits against Centurion Health shows a recurring pattern: People in prison repeatedly complain about a health issue, are ignored by correctional and medical staf...

Dr. Soloway practiced in Chicago for more than 40 years before the world came to know their story.

From her first job at the Chicago Sun-Times, Andrea Hanis took on editor roles at the Tribune, Crain's Chicago Business and her last job as editor of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, bringing energy an...

The agency won't see any service cuts next year, thanks to the $1.5 billion transit bailout passed in Springfield last month. But Metra's $1.2 billion proposed budget, passed Thursday by the agency's ...

Airlines are bracing for mass cancellations as unpaid air traffic controllers strain under a historic government shutdown, while anxious fliers wait to learn if their weekend plans will take off.

The RTA, which must approve each of the agencies' budgets this month, had insisted they each include the fare hike, even if state lawmakers approved a $1.5 billion spending package — which lawmakers d...

A longtime practitioner of the dangerous practice in Chicago tends to agree, pointing to the deaths and injuries on the New York transit system as “pretty sad — I was lucky enough to understand what I...

The post to the pontifical commission for the Vatican City State is not hugely influential, but the appointment nonetheless shows the pope is not running away from Cupich.

They join a growing list of airports refusing to play a video from Department of Homeland Security Secretary due to its partisan messaging.

Military troops arrived at an Elwood training center after weeks of threats from President Donald Trump's administration, over the objections of local leaders.

The city's 186 speed cameras issued more than 240,000 tickets in June, when 22 new cameras came online. That's the most in any month in nearly three years.

Despite an ambitious plan by the city to eliminate all traffic deaths by next year, nearly as many people are dying on Chicago roads as when the goal was announced in 2017. The number of yearly injuri...

Orlando Critical Mass, a gathering of hundreds of cyclists that takes over the streets on the last Friday night of every month, has faced challenges posed by reckless riders. One of them clipped a …

For the first time, the Chicago Transit Authority is sharing data about which buses have been canceled so they don't show up as "scheduled" buses in transit apps.

The pandemic was devastating to the courier business, but it survived. The industry is a far cry from where it was in its heyday a few decades ago, but the culture and camaraderie remain, couriers say...

History shows the new cameras will issue significantly more tickets in their first days as drivers adjust their speeding habits.

A Chicago freelance journalist said he did not fact-check information he compiled using AI before including it in stories for media clients.

The juror jerked backward, then fell to the floor as Dr. Andrea Geddes explained that Jayden's mother had been stabbed 15 times.

The city’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection has launched a sweeping investigation to determine how many Uber riders were victimized by the overcharges.

Crimo told Judge Victoria Rossetti that he would change his plea to guilty to all 69 counts filed against him. "This was not a negotiation," Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart told reporters. ...

Federal prosecutors have made it clear they are listening to phone calls. But have the threats of federal investigations and wiretapped conversations actually deterred criminal behavior in Illinois po...

The average price of bud has fallen gradually, numbers show. Recreational sales grew 2.5% last year, with dispensaries logging $1.72 billion in sales.

Gia Biagi, the state's new acting transportation secretary, quit as commissioner of Chicago's Transportation Department shortly after Mayor Brandon Johnson took office.

The organization has faced an overwhelming spike in patients in the years since Roe v. Wade was overturned.

The reductions shape up as the most severe since the publication joined with WBEZ in 2022, a pioneering move aimed at sustaining local journalism.