South Shore trains changing weekday schedules in July

 

CHICAGO (AP) — The commuter rail line that links northern Indiana and Chicago is changing its weekday departure times for trains leaving Chicago’s Millennium Station.

The changes taking effect Monday for the South Shore line are meant to make the trains more efficient during peak commuting times.

The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports the changes mean eastbound trains will leave Millennium Station at 5:24 p.m., 5:30 p.m., and 5:45 p.m. The 5:10 p.m. train will be eliminated, while the 5:58 p.m. departing train will remain unchanged.

The train that departs Millennium Station at 8:45 p.m. will move to a 9:10 p.m. departure.

While the train that now departs at 5:10 p.m. stops at Museum Campus and Hyde Park, riders taking the new 5:24 p.m. train will travel directly to Hegewisch, with no stops.

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TANNER HOUSE-HOLIDAY

History group in Aurora offers July 4th tours of 1857 home

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — The Aurora Historical Society is offering tours of an 1857 home and other free festivities in celebration of the Fourth of July.

There’ll be games, a live band and a pie-eating contest Tuesday at the Tanner House. The grand home belonged to a prominent family before it was donated to the historical society in the 1930s. The home is on the National Register of Historic Places and features high ceilings and antique furnishings.

Aurora is Illinois’ second biggest city and located about 40 miles from Chicago.

CHICAGO POLICE SHOOTING

Chicago Police: Heavily armed man shot, killed by officer

CHICAGO (AP) — Police in Chicago say an officer responding to an emergency call shot and killed a man armed with an AK-47 assault rifle and a handgun.

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tells The Associated Press that officers were responding to a report of a person with a gun late Saturday when they encountered the man in the backyard of a home on the city’s west side. One of the officers shot the man, who died later at a hospital. His identity wasn’t immediately known.

Guglielmi says the officer, whose name wasn’t released, will be limited to routine administrative duties for 30 days. He says the shooting will be investigated by the Independent Police Review Authority, which provides police oversight.

Guglielmi says police found bullet holes in a vehicle on the street.