The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) detected 119 firearms at Chicago’s two airports last year. TSA officers found 78 firearms at O’Hare and 41 at Midway. The number is slightly below the 2023 total of 122 — which produced a record of 50 detected guns at Midway.

TSA unveiled its top-10 ‘ Best Catches ’ throughout 2024, highlighting some of the most peculiar items confiscated from airports nationwide. One Chicago airport made the naughty list. TSA agents removed a vape hidden inside a tube of toothpaste from Chicago’s Midway International Airport on Thursday, Feb. 8.

Southwest Airlines confirmed the pilot had been removed from duty and apologized to customers whose travel plans were disrupted.

Chicago Auto Show takes place at the McCormick Place next month, and while you can see the latest innovations in the auto industry, you can also get a REAL ID at the event - without an appointment.

And in February, at Chicago Midway International Airport, a passenger tried to hide a vape pen inside a tube of toothpaste. TSA shared the find on their Instagram page, captioning the post ...

The TSA has you covered with its 2024 list of Best Catches, a hilarious showcase of confiscated items that will make you question whether some of these people should be flying anywhere, ever. Of course, an airport in Illinois makes the list. Midway Airport was featured at #6 with a tube of toothpaste that doubled as a traveler's vape stash.

Vapes are allowed in carry-on bags, but TSA agents at Chicago Midway International Airport made quite the discovery when they found one inside a travel-sized toothpaste. At New Hampshire's ...

TSA in New Jersey pieced it together in no time. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter. TSA found a ...

A pilot on a Southwest Airlines flight was walked off the flight by police officers and arrested for allegedly showing up for the flight intoxicated. David Paul Allsop, 52, was arrested by airport police in Savannah just before he was supposed to pilot a Southwest flight from Savannah/Hilton Head Airport in Georgia to Chicago-Midway on Wednesday morning.

A Southwest Airlines pilot was arrested at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport for DUI after attempting to fly from Savannah to Chicago. According to Transportation Security Administration officials,