News from around the Southland includes items from Orland Park, Metra Electric line, Flossmoor, Palos Hills, Palos Park and ...

The safety blitzes are part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to raise awareness about the importance of safe behavior around ...

A Metra train hit a pedestrian Wednesday in the west Chicago suburb of Brookfield. Brookfield police said at 7:49 p.m. that ...

A South Holland resident has been cited after they allegedly drove around gates and ignored signals of an approaching Metra ...

Transit advocates are taking to the streets every week to warn riders. They say the cuts are as bad as transit agencies say they are, and they are not empty threats.

A pedestrian was hit by a Metra train in Brookfield on Wednesday night. Trains are stopped and delays are expected.

The CTA spent about $83 million on private security contracts last year, an amount bus drivers described as severely ...

In 2019, Metra started a poster campaign on trains to reach out and offer help to young sex trafficking victims. Six years later, the railroad is expanding those efforts to prevent human trafficking.

Local police, fire and other public officials are also invited to participate. “Safety is always Metra’s highest priority,” said Metra CEO/Executive Director Jim Derwinski. “These safety blitzes allow ...