After a decades-long process, a project that aims to transform Chicago’s transit landscape is underway. The Chicago Transit Authority, alongside the Walsh-Vinci Transit Community Partners joint ...

The Chicago Transit Authority on Friday officially began construction on a $5.75 billion rail extension that will bring CTA train service to the city’s Far South Side. Discussed for more than 50 years ...

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CHICAGO — After years of planning and the federal government trying to withhold funding, the Red Line extension project kicked off Friday. The highly-anticipated project will bring four new stops past ...

More than six decades after the idea to extend the Chicago Transit Authority's busy Red Line first surfaced, the extension took concrete steps toward reality on Friday. The first shovel-fulls of earth ...

Chicago Transit Authority and elected officials participated in a groundbreaking event Friday to celebrate construction on the long-awaited Red Line extension project. The ceremonial groundbreaking ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago and Illinois officials broke ground Friday on the multi-billion-dollar CTA Red Line Extension Project. Leaders say it means faster trips and more investment for the Far South ...

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Reporter Ashley Grams joined WCCO in the summer of 2025. She's excited to be in Minnesota after spending much of her life on the West Coast. A barge spilled up to 3,500 gallons of crude corn oil into ...

RED WING, Minn. — Thousands of gallons of crude corn oil spilled into the Mississippi River Monday afternoon near Red Wing. The city said the Red Wing Fire Department responded to the ADM riverfront ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — On Thursday, Metro’s board of directors is expected to vote on a budget that includes money to fully automate trains on the Red Line, to the point where no operator would be ...