Christopher Placek
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Changes in store for new and old Des Plaines parksApr 07, 2016 1:00 am - New playgrounds and swings are among the improvements planned for a Des Plaines park and a nearby piece of vacant land that's being turned into a new park. The Des Plain...
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Dawn Patrol: Touhy, I-90 lanes reopen after beam kills workerApr 06, 2016 5:01 am - Beam falls from I-90, killing worker and snarling traffic Touhy Avenue and all lanes of the Jane Addams Tollway are open again this morning as federal authorities c...
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Victim of construction accident remembered as man of family, faithApr 06, 2016 1:00 am - The 47-year-old construction worker killed early Tuesday under the Jane Addams Tollway is being remembered as a hardworking man and a strong father to his four children....
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Body found in Lake Michigan is missing East Aurora High studentApr 05, 2016 1:00 am - A body found in Lake Michigan was identified Tuesday as the 18-year-old East Aurora High School student who was swept into the lake in February, authorities said. An aut...
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Limo company involved in fatal I-90 crash shut downApr 05, 2016 1:00 am - The Wisconsin-based limousine company involved in a fatal crash on the Jane Addams Tollway near Elgin last month has been shut down after federal investigators determine...
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Des Plaines OKs study for pedestrian underpassApr 04, 2016 11:00 pm - Des Plaines will spend $142,355 to investigate how a pedestrian underpass could be constructed at the city's infamous Northwest Highway S-curve. The city council's 5-3 v...
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Northwest Highway reopens after S-curve crash in Des PlainesApr 01, 2016 1:00 am - Northwest Highway reopened at the S-curve in Des Plaines at about 11:22 a.m. Friday after a car carrier struck the railroad overpass just after 8 a.m., police said. The ...
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Another former Oakton instructor sues for age discriminationApr 01, 2016 1:00 am - Another former Oakton Community College instructor has sued for age discrimination after he wasn't retained in the midst of some 80 firings last year at the Des Plaines-...
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Family says 'mysterious circumstances' in teen's death at AllendaleApr 01, 2016 1:00 am - Family members of a 16-year-old Chicago boy found dead at the Allendale Association campus in Lake Villa said Friday they have more questions than answers about their lo...
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Dawn Patrol: Round Lake bones 'nothing sinister,' says family memberMar 30, 2016 5:00 am - Family member: Round Lake bones ‘nothing sinister' The likely-human remains found last week on a Round Lake-area property is “nothing sinister,” according to a woma...