Loop Saturday News Today

A man started a fire on a CTA train in the Loop Saturday morning before fleeing, Chicago police say. 

A Chicago Transit Authority employee was injured in a fight with a man at a Red Line Station platform in the Loop Saturday night, according to Chicago police. Police said a 59-year-old CTA employee fell down the escalator, sustaining a laceration to his right arm and a minor contusion to his head, after a physical altercation with a man at about 8 p.m. in the 200 block of South State Street. ...

“We’re here to pressure our own government,” one demonstrator said. “But we’re also here as part of a global mobilization to show all the complicit parties that we are watching, and we are paying attention.”

My Block, My Hood, My City has partnered with the Chicago Loop Alliance to bring hundreds of teens downtown this weekend for tours and networking.

CHICAGO — A man is in custody after a 26-year-old was stabbed in the chest after an altercation in the city’s Loop Saturday evening, police said. According to police, the woman a=was outside near the 1100 block of South Michigan Avenue around 7:50 p.m. when a 44-year-old man approached her. Police reported that he two […]

A 26-year-old woman was walking on the sidewalk when she was sideswiped by a CTA bus as it was making a turn.

A Chicago man is facing felony charges for allegedly stabbing a Target store employee in the Loop Saturday morning.

One downtown Chicago business said it had to lock its doors and escort customers to their cars Saturday after "disruptive and violent" behavior by large groups...

The Chicago Police Department has released a statement revealing plans for any future largeteen gatherings in the Loop in the wake of chaotic disturbances last...

An investigation is underway after a Good Samaritan said Chicago police refused to help a couple being beaten by a mob of teenagers downtown over the weekend.