Marni Pyke
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Volunteers turning old Mount Prospect building into cancer resource centerMay 20, 2017 1:00 am - Dust swarms and hammers echo in a musty former tax office under renovation but Jill Swanson Peltier is envisioning a bright room with a crackling fire and comfy chairs w...
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Fire in Palatine townhouse complex injures twoMay 20, 2017 1:00 am - A fast-moving fire that spread through a Palatine townhouse complex late Friday injured two residents and gutted two units. Firefighters were alerted shortly before midn...
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Third runway test passes committee; changes could affect Des Plaines, ElmhurstMay 19, 2017 1:00 am - Members of an O'Hare noise committee voted for a third overnight runway rotation Friday, but conflicts between suburbs over whose residents get a sound sleep could make ...
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Real-time traffic, alerts to go live on I-90 this summerMay 17, 2017 1:00 am - Jane Addams Tollway (I-90) drivers can expect those inscrutable black gantries towering over the roadway to get chatty this summer. The Illinois tollway has completed in...
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Oak Brook residents wonder how Tri-State widening will affect themMay 15, 2017 5:30 am - Back in the 1970s, when cars broke down on the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) in Oak Brook, stranded drivers turned to Gail and Joe Scrappo. "If they ran out of gas, they'd j...
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You can have your sushi and eat it too with new Midway food spotsMay 15, 2017 1:00 am - It's out with Harry Caray's and in with the Go Go White Sox at Midway International Airport as Chicago updates the food court and retail shops as part of a modernization...
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Three directors, including chairman, remain on tollway boardMay 15, 2017 1:00 am - Three seats on the Illinois tollway board, including the influential chairman spot, are set, but a fourth is still a wild card. Gov. Bruce Rauner reappointed Chairman Ro...
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Suburban Democrats press for special prosecutorMay 12, 2017 1:00 am - With a Republican Congress, Illinois Democrats can't legislate a special prosecutor to investigate Russian interference in President Donald Trump's election but they use...
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Can roundabouts save lives? Yes, and so can rumble strips, AAA saysMay 08, 2017 5:30 am - How many lives could a combination of rumble strips, sidewalks, medians and roundabouts save? AAA puts the number at 63,700 over 20 years in a thought-provoking study re...
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Democrat joins field challenging Roskam; seizes on health voteMay 04, 2017 1:00 am - Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam's vote to repeal Obamacare is propelling a Barrington Hills plan commissioner to challenge him in the 2018 election. Democrat Kelly Maz...