CTA Red Line resumes normal service after bomb threat hoax in Edgewater
Police said a suspicious object found in the 5600 block of North Broadway was deemed to be a hoax.
Police said a suspicious object found in the 5600 block of North Broadway was deemed to be a hoax.
Two members of the police department staff were in close contact with the item – and were taken to the hospital in good condition as a precautionary measure. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
It's unclear if the truck or the packages were stolen.
Metra trains were halted at the Ogilvie Transportation Center during the Monday afternoon rush due to a suspicious package investigation, and the transit center was also evacuated. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
Metra trains were halted at the Ogilvie Transportation Center during the Monday afternoon rush due to a suspicious package investigation.
Metra trains were halted at the Ogilvie Transportation Center during the Monday afternoon rush due to a suspicious package investigation. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
Chicago police were investigating a suspicious package at the Bryn Mawr Red Line station Saturday afternoon.
The Chicago Police Bomb Squad was called into the South Austin neighborhood on Tuesday after someone found a live grenade.
Police were called and a stretch of Clark Street in Edgewater was closed Monday afternoon for a suspicious package.
The Daily Herald's office building was evacuated due to a suspicious package Thursday.
Pawel Borowski-Beszta, of the Near North Side, has been charged with one felony count each of controlled substance trafficking and possession of a controlled substance. He was due to appear in bond court at noon Thursday.
Red Line trains have resumed normal service, after the CTA investigated a suspicious package at the Grand subway stop.
Police blocked off the entrances to the police station and village hall in Lombard Tuesday morning due to a suspicious package in the area.
A suspicious package was found at St. Joseph Orthodox Church in Wheaton Monday evening around 8, according to the Wheaton Police Department.
Illinois State Police were telling drivers to avoid the area of I-90 eastbound and westbound in Gilberts after a suspicious package was found inside a stopped vehicle.
Authorities have intercepted suspicious packages mailed to former President Barack Obama's home in D.C., and former First Lady Hillary Clinton's home in New York.
Workers at the Dirksen Federal Building mailroom came in contact with a substance in a package they deemed suspicious on Wednesday.
A busy stretch of Dearborn Street was closed for about an hour during the Friday evening rush, as police and fire officials investigated a suspicious package.
Blue Line service has been shut down between Grand and Addison after reports of a suspicious object at the Logan Square station.
Chicago firefighters called in a hazardous materials response after receiving reports of a "package emanating a foul odor" inside an office building at 131 S. Dearborn St. around 9:15 a.m.
Chicago police say an unattended backpack was discovered on a bus around 4:30 p.m. in the 3700 block of North Kimball.
The Chicago Police Bomb and Arson Unit was checking out a suspicious package on the roof of a building next to the Brown Line tracks in the 1500 block of North Hudson Avenue shortly after 11 a.m.
The Loyola University Medical Center campus in Maywood has been locked down, after a suspicious package was found in a parking garage.
Illinois State Police shut down the Bishop Ford Freeway in both directions for more than an hour Wednesday afternoon, after finding a suspicious package on the roadway.
A Good Will in Des Plaines was evacuated Saturday afternoon after an employee discovered what they believed to be an explosive device in a donated package, according to Des Plaines police.
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