Marni Pyke
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Metra eyes fare hike averaging 2 percentOct 15, 2015 1:00 am - Metra riders could face fare hikes ranging from 25 cents for a single ticket to $1.75 for a 10-ride pass to $2.50 for a monthly pass in February 2016. Agency leaders int...
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Bensenville neighborhood lost in airport expansionOct 15, 2015 1:00 am - Twenty years ago, kids raced home through piles of fall leaves, past pumpkins and scarecrows decorating their Bensenville neighborhood, located just southeast of York an...
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New O'Hare runway, air traffic control tower going liveOct 14, 2015 1:00 am - O'Hare International Airport's newest runway goes live Thursday, and so does the air traffic control tower just north of it. The Federal Aviation Administration opened t...
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Pyke: Which neighborhoods will be in flight path of new O'Hare runway?Oct 11, 2015 11:00 pm - This week, thanks to a curious reader, we're learning about a twist to Runway 10-Right/28-Left, which is opening Thursday at O'Hare International Airport. Reader Alex Ma...
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Dist. 156 students could return Tuesday after 8-day strikeOct 10, 2015 1:00 am - McHenry Community High School students should know by late Monday afternoon if life as normal will resume Tuesday after an eight-day teachers' strike. Both sides appeare...
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Visitors fall in love with annual St. Charles Scarecrow FestOct 10, 2015 1:00 am - Coming from tiny Sherman in downstate Illinois, you might think Scott Siders had his fill of pumpkins, cornstalks and hay. But as he hammed it up for a photo Saturday, p...
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Pyke: Volkswagen cheating bomb hits VW owners hardOct 05, 2015 5:30 am - There's nothing like German engineering, except of course when that ingenuity extends to rigging Volkswagens to pass U.S. emissions tests. That harsh reality is dumbfoun...
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Bensenville residents sue Chicago over disruptive jet noiseOct 01, 2015 1:00 am - Bensenville residents fed up with jets that vibrate houses and force outside conversations to be conducted in shouts sued the city of Chicago Thursday claiming the noise...
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Congress might move deadline for train safety system after railroads revoltSep 30, 2015 1:00 am - Amid dire threats of no Metra service or freight train shipments, Congress could be poised to extend a deadline for railroads to install an automatic braking system. Cal...
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Watchdog: FAA ill-prepared for repeat of Aurora sabotageSep 30, 2015 1:00 am - If sabotage that took out a major air traffic control center in Aurora last year occurs again somewhere in the U.S., the Federal Aviation Administration will still be ha...