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CFD Special Tunnel Operations at a rubbish fire in the CTA Red Line subway tunnel near Roosevelt Road and State Street in Chicago

Subway Smoke on the CTA Red Line, Rubbish Fire Found at 15th St and Clark St; and a Stalled Train Near Cermak and 23rd St Hamper CTA Wednesday Night, Chicago

Wed Dec 2, 2020 07:07 pm Cardinal News

Police and firefighters and paramedics from Chicago responded about 5:19 p.m. Wednesday, December 2, 2020 to a report of smoke in the CTA Red Line subway at 1167 South State Street in Chicago. Firefighters staged […]

Metra, CTA, Pace Suspended All Service On Monday, June 1, 2020 Following Violent Riots in Chicago

Mon Jun 1, 2020 10:11 am Cardinal News

On Sunday May 31, 2020 at 7:57 p.m. Metra announced the suspension of all train service on Monday June 1, 2020. “For the safety of the public and our employees, and because of municipal travel […]

Deerfield Boy Critically Injured by Hit-and-Run Driver Is Out of ICU, According to Dad

Fri Feb 21, 2020 12:56 pm Cardinal News

CARDINAL NEWS Chicagoland Headlines, News Highlights for Friday, February 21 2020 Latest videos from CBSChicago. — Chicagoland News Chase Thompson, who was injured by a hit-and-run driver about 7:00 p.m. on Friday, February […]

Person Pinned Under a CTA Train on Elevated Platform Near Lake St and Clinton St, Chicago

Thu Feb 14, 2019 01:57 pm Cardinal News

Emergency crews respond to the Clinton stop on the Green and Pink lines, after a person was hit by a CTA train on Thursday. Chicago police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 12:51 PM Thursday February 14, […]

CTA Red Line Train Evacuated at Addison Stop Near Wrigley Field

Thu Sep 28, 2017 11:01 am Cardinal News

Chicago firefighters and police responded about 8:30 a.m. Thursday September 28, 2017 to the CTA Addison Station, 940 West Addison Street to a report that an unknown male offender poured a white substance aboard a […]

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Social Media’s Online Horror; Racial Slur at DQ, Zion; No Pants Subway Sunday

Fri Jan 6, 2017 06:21 am Cardinal News

Social Media’s Online Horror; Racial Slur at DQ, Zion; No Pants Subway Sunday • FRI JAN 06, 2017 5:06 AM CT Social media advances can bring online horrors … https://t.co/seyIcI6qdv @vincegerasole — CBS Chicago (@cbschicago) […]

Skokie Swift CTA Yellow Line Crash with a Car on Prairie Ave, Skokie — Mass Casualty Incident

Mon Apr 4, 2016 11:24 am Cardinal News

Skokie police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:29 AM Monday to a report of car vs CTA train crash at 7756 East Prairie Road Skokie, Il. Police and firefighter/paramedics responded to find a red car severely […]

Video of Train Derailment at CTA Blue Line Stop at O’Hare International Airport

Wed Mar 26, 2014 06:54 am Cardinal News

Video of Blue Line train derailment at Chicago O’Hare stop. Recently released video is apparently the surveillance video of the crash of the CTA Blue Line train that plowed through the bumper at the end […]

Check All Metra Lines in One View: First of a Series Of Twitter Aggregate Pages

Mon Feb 3, 2014 03:44 pm Cardinal News

Commuting in Chicagoland is rough whether you’re driving or taking your commute via Metra. According to data compiled by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, the city with the worst commutes in 2012 was Washington, D.C […]

ABC 7 Chicago Chuck Goudie/I-TEAM Research Widespread Violence on CTA

Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:37 pm Cardinal News

The ABC 7 Chicago I-Team and Chuck Goudie researched police data for the actual number of crimes on the CTA in 2012, and discovered the following: There were more than 6,800 assaults, robberies, thefts and […]

Parts of Stevenson and Dan Ryan Expressway Close Early for NATO Summit

Fri May 18, 2012 12:37 pm Cardinal News

The Stevenson and Dan Ryan expressways will close earlier than originally planned tonight because of the NATO summit. The Chinatown feeder ramp from the inbound Dan Ryan to the northbound Stevenson (I-55) will be shut […]

Fire Reported on Red Line Subway Near Clark and Division

Sat Oct 8, 2011 05:09 pm Cardinal News

Chicago firefighters and paramedics responded about 4:45 p.m. Saturday to a subway fire 1200 North Clark. An EMS Plan I was called. By 4:55 p.m. firefighters were reporting that trains were resuming their normal schedule. […]

Eight-Car Brown Line CTA EL Train Gets Hung Up on Westbound and Northbound Track by Belmont Station

Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:17 am Cardinal News

An eight-car Brown Line train became stuck about 8:45 a.m. Tuesday while switching tracks just north of the Belmont station, holding up other trains on the Brown, Red and Purple lines, according to CTA and […]

Arrested for Robbery: Ryan Mitchell and Hoyle Marshall Detained by Guardian Angels on the Red Line

Fri Feb 11, 2011 09:01 pm Cardinal News

Three Guardian Angels made a citizen’s arrest of two robbery suspects early Tuesday morning on the CTA’s Red Line at the Addison station after the men allegedly snatched a camera from two foreign exchange […]

Small Fire at Electric Box at the Red Line Cermak-Chinatown Station

Thu Feb 3, 2011 04:53 pm Cardinal News

Chicago Fire Department responded about 3:40 p.m. Thursday to a report of fire and smoke at an electrical power box that controls signals for the Red Line at the Cermak Road station. Power was shut […]

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