Dennis McClendon was a self-taught mapmaker whose work can be found in the 2004 “Encyclopedia of Chicago” and in CTA trains and stations across the city. McClendon ran his own mapmaking firm, Chicago ...

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Lawmakers scrambled this weekend to undertake a significant overhaul of public transit in the Chicago area, but ultimately were unable to pass legislation to address a looming fiscal cliff. That ...

A 70-year-old Chicago Transit Authority worker was attacked and thrown onto the Blue Line tracks in the West Loop Thursday morning. CBS News Chicago has learned the man was a 27-year veteran of the ...