Ash Wednesday 2025: Catholics can receive ashes at Chicago airports, some CTA stations
On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...
After Shrove Tuesday, here is when Ash Wednesday is, how long Lent is and more
Lent is a 40-day period preceding Easter Sunday where people from all denominations of Christianity practice self-sacrifice ...
Man stabbed while riding CTA Red Line train, suspect in custody
A man was stabbed while riding the CTA Red Line overnight. Around 12:45 a.m., Chicago police said a 31-year-old man was ...
CTA aims to run buses every 10 minutes on key routes under new plan
CTA buses on some routes will soon run at least every 10 minutes during the day, as the agency rolls out a plan to create a ...
Red Line passenger stabbed near Chinatown/Cermak stop
The 31-year-old passenger was riding the train in the 100 block of West Cermak Road around 1 a.m. when he was cut by someone ...
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CTA, VIA Metropolitan Transit implement frequency changes on bus routes to improve services
CTA is launching the frequent network, which will allow its buses to arrive every 10 minutes or sooner on 20 key bus routes, ...
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Chicago man charged with burglarizing multiple units at Northwest Side storage facility
A man is charged with multiple burglaries inside a storage facility on the city's Northwest Side. Donovan George, 40, was arrested on Wednesday by the District RBT Mission Team and Chicago police ...