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Work about to begin on long-awaited Red Line Extension on Chicago's South Side
Crews soon will start work to remove utility lines and demolish property along the route to make way for the new tracks.
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Crews soon will start work to remove utility lines and demolish property along the route to make way for the new tracks.
Police said both juveniles robbed a man at the Lake station on the Red Line on May 23. The girl is also accused of robbing a man at the Clark/Division stop earlier the same day.
He suffered injuries to both his legs and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
It was outside the 63rd Street stop around 3:30 Monday morning after calls about teens fighting on the platform and holding the doors of the trains open.
Members of the Public Transportation Section arrested the 15-year-old on Tuesday in the 8500 block of South Lafayette Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood.
The robbery happened just before 7 p.m. at the Grand Street stop in the 500 block of North State Street.
In both incidents, a passenger on the train was approached by the suspects and had their belongings taken by force.
Police said the suspect approached the passenger and asked for change. When they refused his request, the man kicked the passenger and proceeded to punch them in the face with a closed fist.
The attack happened just before 1:30 p.m. on the platform, located at 188 N. State St.
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Mass Transit detectives said the robbery happened on May 9 just after 2 p.m. at the 69th Street stop.
The shooting happened during a fight on a train near the 47th Street stop.
Police said two men began fighting with a victim on a northbound train, and one of the men shot him.
Two boys, 14 and 17, and two girls, 14 and 15, were arrested in the 0-100 block of West 95th Street just before 2:30 p.m.
A person was hit by a train at the Clark/Division stop on the Red Line subway.
Two people who were on the train were taken to Northwestern in good condition.
Chicago Police are searching for six girls they say robbed and beat several female passengers on the CTA Red Line.
Chicago Police are searching for six girls they say robbed and beat several female passengers on the CTA Red Line.
The incident happened just after 10 p.m. on April 24 on the 95th Street Dan Ryan platform.
The robbery happened on April 7 around 8:30 p.m. at the Cermak-Chinatown stop in the 100 block of West Cermak Road.
Police say just before noon on April 16, the victim was approached while on the train at the Garfield Stop at 220 West Garfield Boulevard.
CTA security cameras captured images last Thursday at about 10:30 p.m. The damage happened at the grand stop on the red line. If you recognize him, please call the police.
It happened on April 11 around 10:30 p.m. at the Red Line Grand stop at 521 N. State St.
The suspects approached a CTA passenger and forcibly removed his cellphone and other property from his pockets, police said.
The video shows security with K-9s responding, but Chicago Police said they have no information on the incident at the Roosevelt station.
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