'I Fear Getting Hit From Behind': Chicago Area Expressway Shootings At An All-Time High
"The Dan Ryan, in particular, has certain intervals where it's probably repeat offenders here."
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"The Dan Ryan, in particular, has certain intervals where it's probably repeat offenders here."
Illinois State Police are looking into a pair of shootings on the Dan Ryan Expressway Friday night.
A violent crash on the southbound Dan Ryan near 39th Street left four people hospitalized Saturday morning.
All of this comes as just three months ago IDOT touting a $12.5 million investment of taxpayer dollars to purchase software to investigate expressway shootings.
All outbound lanes of the Dan Ryan between Marquette Road and 71st Street were blocked shortly after 6 p.m. Friday.
Members of St. Sabina Church held a protest on the Dan Ryan overpass at 76th Street Friday afternoon honoring Emmett Till and protesting racism in America and the shootings of Black men.
Illinois State Police said the van hit an Illinois Department of Transportation maintenance truck.
Despite earlier plans to shut down the Dan Ryan, protesters Saturday afternoon seemed to be avoiding the expressway.
It's illegal on both state and federal levels to shut down an expressway, but Saturday there is a planned protest to do just that on the Dan Ryan at noon.
Three crashes on the Dan Ryan Expressway are caused major delays for commuters Friday morning.
An infant was seriously injured in the first of two crashes on the Dan Ryan Expressway Friday morning.
One person is dead after a multiple car crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway ended in a car fire.
Two people were arrested following a chain of related crashes on the Dan Ryan this past weekend, which all left one person dead.
Parts of the Stevenson Expressway are shut down as police investigate a shooting.
Illinois State Police are investigating a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway.
Two people were arrested after leading Illinois State Police on a pursuit early Thursday morning.
All northbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway were closed Sunday morning as Illinois State Police investigated a reported shooting.
Two people are in serious condition after a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway Sunday morning, Illinois State Police confirm.
Overnight lane closures, accompanied by 15-minute full expressway traffic stops, are scheduled over four nights to place new ramp beams at the Jane Byrne Interchange starting Saturday.
Illinois State Police found no victim, no shooter but only shell casings.
Illinois State Police said standing water is a huge problem Saturday morning for drivers, mainly south.
Crews responded to a Level 1 Hazmat situation on the Dan Ryan Expressway
Five cars were involved in a crash caused by a wrong-way driver on the Dan Ryan.
Shots were fired at a car on the Dan Ryan expressway near 31st Street early Sunday morning.
A Dolton woman has died after her car stalled on the Dan Ryan Saturday morning.
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Gray sky with drizzle Thursday in the middle 40s. Conditions remain brisk and drizzly in the 40s for the Bears game against the Seahawks this evening.
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Cloudy with areas of drizzle and fog for Thursday morning, then a chance of light rain for Thursday afternoon with highs in the mid-40s.
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