Chicago, Lightfoot spent $281.5 million in COVID-19 relief cash on cops

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot spent millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief money on the personnel costs for the police department, the city’s budget office revealed Wednesday.

Car rolls over onto Blue Line tracks along I-290

A driver lost control and rolled over their vehicle onto CTA Blue Line tracks Wednesday at Harlem Avenue in Forest Park.

Snowstorm hampers commuters; CTA Yellow Line suspended

Chicago-area commuters struggled Tuesday after a storm dumped 18 inches of snow on some parts of the city.

CTA offering college scholarships through Elevating Futures Scholarship Fund
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JuanPablo Prieto from CTA Diversity Programs joins GDC to talk about the second year of their Elevating Futures Scholarship Fund available to CPS students.

McDonald's Shamrock Shake is back ahead of St. Patrick's Day

McDonald’s is going green. The fast-food chain’s coveted Shamrock Shake returned Monday in all of its minty glory.

Metra UP-W tracks cleared after freight train derails in West Chicago

Metra Union Pacific West trains resumed stopping in West Chicago after a freight train derailment disrupted service for more than five hours.

Google to provide 100,000 Black women with career, digital skills training

AWESOME! Google on Friday announced an initiative to provide 100,000 Black women with career development and digital skills training by spring 2022.

CPS to launch 4 school-based vaccination sites next week

Four school-based vaccination sites will launch next week and will offer 1,500 first-dose vaccinations each week that are solely dedicated for CPS staff.

Push to upgrade cameras, add license plate readers amid surge of shootings on expressways

With expressway shootings on the rise, the Tamara Clayton Expressway Camera Act will allocate millions of dollars to upgrade cameras, add license plate readers and software at 47 locations.

Walgreen's, CVS upgrade protections against 'bot' attacks on vaccine programs
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Daliah Saper, attorney at Saper Law, talks about the importance of protecting vaccines and online registries from bots and scammers looking to make a buck.

FOP president suspended from CPD with no pay pending outcome of his case

The president of the Chicago police union was suspended on Wednesday from the Chicago Police Department and is in a no pay status, pending the outcome of his case before the Police Board, CPD said.

CTA to buy 600 new ‘clean-diesel’ buses to replace aging fleet

The Chicago Transit Authority plans to buy up to 600 new buses to replace an aging fleet with some buses that are nearly two decades old.

Chicago begins return to classrooms after bitter union fight

Chicago parents Willie and Brittany Preston have spent nearly a year wrestling with online school schedules for their six children, often with everyone hovered over devices around the dining room table.

Boeing lands few orders but delivers 26 Max jets to commercial airlines

Boeing raised cash in January by delivering 26 new planes — including 21 Max jets — to airline customers, but it still suffered canceled orders for the plane with a troubled history.