An attack on a CTA train has a local outreach group taking action. Volunteers with the nonprofit Violence Interrupters said they're ready to patrol trains themselves to stop violence before it starts.

A status hearing is scheduled Tuesday for Lawrence Reed, the man charged with setting a woman on fire aboard a CTA Blue Line ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man set a fire on a CTA Blue Line train on the city's Northwest Side on Friday morning, Chicago police said. Police said it happened near the CTA Blue Line's Damen Avenue stop in ...

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Editor's Note: A person of interest was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon. Our latest update can be found here. Our original story continues below. A woman is in critical condition after police ...

CHICAGO — A man pulled out his cell phone and then stabbed a sleeping man to death on a CTA Blue Line train early Saturday morning while recording, prosecutors allege. Demetrius Thurman, 40, was ...

CHICAGO — A person of interest is in custody in connection to a woman who was set on fire during a fight on a CTA Blue Line train overnight, according to Chicago police. Police said the attack ...