A shelved 11-mile corridor is back on the table, but Crest Hill says its budget is tapped out by a Lake Michigan water deal.

A train fire was secured by 10:15 a.m., while interlocking problems halted Fullerton-area trains.

City Council committed $590,380 to chase a state grant for a path linking Breen Park and Otter Cove Aquatic Park.

The $51,000 design contract covers deck patching and curb work on the span linking First Street Plaza to the riverside trail.

Crews are breaking ground on a $1.3 million beacon at Ridge, Hollywood and Wayne, where Ridge Avenue alone carries about 30,000 cars a day.

A westbound train jumped the rails as Oak Park police watched from Oaktoberfest nearby, sparking a small track fire.

Suburban riders can now swap books at Schaumburg, Harvey and other Pace stations honoring Parton’s literacy legacy.

Chicago's new CTA board unanimously reappointed Lester Barclay even after a critic noted he swiped into the system just 49 times last year.

Metra's board scrapped its decade-old rotation rule and unanimously picked Romayne Brown, a former CTA rail executive, as chair.

The Thorn Ditch project can now hold over 3.8 million gallons of stormwater across two village parks.

The Northwest Neighborhood Alliance hand-built two blue and yellow benches at bare CTA stops — and now they're waiting to see if Chicago tears them out.

Twenty aldermen want Smart Streets made permanent and CDOT shielded from budget cuts after Riley O'Neil's death on Halsted Street.

Crews began work this week on the 837-foot span between Liberty Village and Pizza Hut. The bridge should open by late summer 2027.