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.

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.

Two teenage girls were charged in connection with a robbery on a Red Line train last week in the South Loop.

Police are looking to identify a group of people wanted in connection with a robbery on a Red Line train Sunday in the South Loop. The suspects allegedly beat and robbed someone about 6:40 p.m. Dec. 29 on a train at the Roosevelt station, Chicago police said. Four females and two males are wanted in connection with the attack, police…

Three people were arrested after a woman was robbed Thursday on a CTA Red Line train in the Loop. The woman was riding the train about 11:30 p.m. in the 100 block of South State Street when four males approached her and one of them grabbed her cellphone out of her hand, according to Chicago police. One suspect was arrested…

Multiple CTA passengers expressed concerns about safety Monday after learning two men were beaten and robbed outside a train station downtown. NBC 5’s Michelle Relerford reports.

Chicago police are warning residents of a string of robberies committed against CTA Red Line passengers in December in Near South Side neighborhoods. In each incident, the robbers approached Red Line passengers and demanded their property or took it by force, according to a community alert from Chicago police. The robberies happened about 8 p.m. Dec. 6 in the 200…

Northbound CTA Red Line trains were resuming service with delays Friday morning after a man was stabbed at the Fullerton station in Lincoln Park. Howard-bound trains were halted because of “police activity” shortly after 6 a.m. at the station, 943 W. Fullerton Ave., according to service alerts from the CTA. Service resumed with residual delays shortly before 7 a.m. Chicago…

CTA Red Line service between Roosevelt and 95th Street is experiencing significant delays after an earlier incident Tuesday, authorities say.

A man was stabbed on a Red Line train during the morning rush Wednesday at the Cermak-Chinatown station, days after another man was fatally stabbed there.

CTA Red Line trains are bypassing the Cermak-Chinatown station after a man was stabbed to death on a train Saturday, police said.

A man was found stabbed to death on a CTA train this afternoon, and NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter has the early breaking details.