CTA Red Line

Southbound CTA Red Line trains will bypass three stations in Edgewater on the North Side for the next two weeks. Starting Monday morning, 95th-bound trains will not stop at the Granville, Thorndale or Bryn Mawr stations until 10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, according to a service alert from the CTA. Riders who need to head south from the affected…

An investigation is underway after three people, including two teenage children, were shot near a CTA Red Line station on Tuesday night. According to Chicago police, the three victims were standing on a sidewalk in the first block of West 79th Street at approximately 8:48 p.m. when a silver sedan approached and a person inside opened fire. A 19-year-old woman…

A 34-year-old man was stabbed on a CTA train early Saturday morning. The victim was riding a southbound CTA Red Line train from North and Clybourne when a male approached him and demanded his belongings at around 1:42 a.m., Chicago police said. The victim refused at which point an altercation ensued. The offender stabbed the victim in the leg with…

A man died after he was pushed in front of an oncoming train during a fight Friday at a CTA Red Line station in Chatham on the South Side. He got into an argument with another male at 12:16 a.m. on the platform at the 87th Street station, 15 W. 87th St., according to Chicago police. The suspect punched the…

FIND VIDEOS HERE The Civilian Office of Police Accountability released a trove of videos that show an officer shooting an unarmed man who tried to escape arrest at a River North CTA station in February. COPA released 18 videos Tuesday, several of which show officer Melvina Bogard shooting Ariel Roman. Chicago police said Roman was walking in between train cars…

A security guard accidentally shot himself and a 16-year-old girl Thursday on a CTA Red Line train in Lake View.

Chicago police are searching for three men who allegedly shoved another man in front of a CTA Red Line train on Tuesday afternoon. The unidentified man was struck by the train in the 200 block of South State Street at approximately 5:13 p.m., according to police. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. During the incident, three men walked…

A man and a teenage boy were stabbed Saturday on a CTA Red Line train in Uptown on the North Side. The 39-year-old man and 15-year-old boy got into an argument with a male wearing a ski mask about 2:30 a.m. on a train in the 4600 block of North Broadway, according to Chicago police. The person in the mask…

The FBI is assisting the Cook County state’s attorney’s office as it considers “possible criminal charges” after a Chicago police officer shot a man inside a busy CTA Red Line station Friday evening, officials said a day after the controversial video-recorded encounter. The shooting at the Grand station sparked outrage as cellphone video circulated on social media, with Mayor...

Following several high-profile crimes on CTA trains and platforms in their neighborhood, Lincoln Park residents gathered Wednesday for a solidarity walk against crime. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup has the story.

CTA Red Line trains were rerouted to elevated tracks between the Fullerton and Cermak-Chinatown stations for nearly an hour Sunday evening for reports of someone on the tracks near the Clark/Division station on the Near North Side. The transit authority first rerouted the trains about 6:05 p.m., and announced that normal service was resuming about 7 p.m. Chicago police...

Four CTA stations are closed Feb. 22 and 23, but first – a few notes on some closures announced by the Illinois Department of Transportation. IDOT says starting Monday, the Canfield off-ramp from the outbound Kennedy Expressway will close for improvements for about six months. This is in the area out near O’Hare International Airport where there is a major…

Five alleged thieves were arrested Thursday after running with merchandise from a Mag Mile H&M clothing store onto CTA Red Lines tracks, only to be met by officers were waiting at the next station. Officers were called to a theft about 11:30 a.m. in the 600 block of North Michigan Avenue and were told that several suspects ran to...

Police are warning CTA riders about a string of robberies last month in Englewood on the South Side. Each of the incidents happened on or near the 63rd Red Line station, 220 W. 63rd St., Chicago police said in a community alert. One to three male suspects would approach someone, hit them and steal from them. The robberies happened: At…

An 18-year-old man of south suburban South Holland was charged in connection with two armed robberies on the CTA Red Line in January.

A woman with a history of mental illness allegedly attacked a street musician with a steak knife Tuesday on a downtown CTA platform, destroying his guitar and nearly pushing him onto the L tracks, prosecutors said in court Thursday.

Chicago police officials will meet with CTA brass to work on safety procedures in the wake of a high-profile robbery and shooting on a Blue Line train. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio has more.

A man was injured Tuesday after he was stabbed at the CTA Red Line station at Jackson, according to Chicago fire officials. The stabbing happened about 1:45 p.m. at the station in the 200 block of South State Street, according to the department. Chicago police say the 25-year-old man was standing on a train platform when a 30-year-old woman approached…

As part of the agency’s massive Red & Purple Line Modernization project, the CTA will temporarily close three stations on the Red Line beginning on Friday evening. According to the agency, the Bryn Mawr, Granville and Thorndale stops will all be closed beginning at 10 p.m. Friday through 4 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 27. Shuttle buses will provide service between…

Police are warning residents about a series of armed robberies this month near the 79th Street Red Line station in Chatham on the South Side.