It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The CTA has announced this year’s holiday train and bus schedule.

The Allstate CTA Holiday Fleet is now in its 33rd year of operation. The brightly decorated train and bus will be carrying Santa and elves throughout the city, starting the week of Thanksgiving through late December.

🔗 https://tinyurl.com/CTAHolidayTrain2024

UPDATE: 40 of the city's 50 alders and the Chicago City Clerk have now signed on to a letter calling on the new Board of Education president to step down

➡️ https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-school-board-president-rev-mitchell-johnson-social-media-jewish-antisemitism/

As they continue to speed toward a fiscal cliff, representatives from the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace went before the Cook County Board on Wednesday and warned of dramatic cuts to service if they don’t get funding certainty within the next several months.

Meanwhile, the results of a poll show widespread public support for merging the metro area’s transit agencies.

➡️ https://wgntv.com/news/traffic/rta-cta-metra-pace-cook-county-commissioners-merger-funding-service-cuts/

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Jess Kendall, the youngest of three boys, loved cars and likely would have gone on to one day open his own auto shop, his brother said.

The 18-year-old died early Monday, hours after he and friends were robbed and attacked during a surprise birthday outing for his girlfriend.

➡️ https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/elgin-jess-kendall-united-center-robbery-attack/