Chicago Transit Authority

Authorities said employees were in good condition after smelling fumes, which shut down the Blue Line.

Fire personnel responded to the scene but found no one, a spokesman said.

CTA officials could not locate a joyrider who rode atop a moving train Friday evening.

From Friday night to Monday morning, northbound trains are scheduled to bypass Uptown, Edgewater.

A suspicious package at the Thorndale Red Line stop shut down trains for several hours early Friday.

Trains from Fullerton to Cermak-Chinatown were briefly running on the elevated tracks, officials said.

The CTA said a Blue Line train was temporarily stopped and customers experienced delays.

Garfield, Halsted and Ashland/63rd stations will be temporarily expanded, officials said.

"This is not about making Uptown look like Lincoln Park, Lakeview or Edgewater," Ald. Cappleman said.

The CTA's controversial new open-fare system is the target of a petition nearly 1,000 have signed.

Prosecutors said Martez Byrd, 33, was "singing and dancing" before he stabbed a man in Old Town Monday.

Lines wrapped around the block at Roberto Clemente High as thousands vied for customer service gigs.

The transit agency needs part-time customer service assistants to direct passengers at 145 "L" stations.