Marni Pyke
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What you should know about the latest ramp closures, openings on Kennedy ExpresswayOct 31, 2023 1:00 am - Chicago area drivers can expect some new ramp contortions on the inbound Kennedy Expressway near downtown this week as a massive rehabilitation continues. For starters, ...
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Get your tickets for Metra's holiday trainsOct 31, 2023 1:00 am - It's a feat only Santa Claus could pull off. In 2022, Metra offered a holiday train on just one route - the Metra Electric Line. This year, Santa's commuting on five tra...
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How Metra is working harder to stop suicides on tracksOct 30, 2023 5:30 am - Interventions to save lives and prevent death by suicide on railway tracks increased substantially in 2023, Metra reports. Through mid-October, police and train crews tr...
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Trump Jr. talks inflation, Ukraine war to base voters in the suburbsOct 26, 2023 11:00 pm - It wouldn't have been an authentic Trump family event if former President Donald Trump's son hadn't roasted Democrats during a speech in Addison Friday. But some of the ...
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Tollway shifting to stickers in January, transponders will still workOct 26, 2023 1:00 am - The Illinois tollway will switch to a sticker system to collect tolls instead of transponders in January. At a Thursday meeting, officials explained the stickers would b...
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Donald Trump Jr. fundraising visit to Addison excites GOP baseOct 24, 2023 5:30 am - Republican voters in Illinois have caught the attention of two presidential campaigns this week with contender South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott in Chicago Monday and Donald...
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Swastika found on playground equipment at Downers Grove elementary schoolOct 24, 2023 1:00 am - Downers Grove Grade School District 58 officials have asked for extra police patrols in the area around Lester School after a swastika was found etched onto a piece of e...
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Stickers not transponders for tolls? Tollway could shift gears next yearOct 23, 2023 5:00 am - Now might be a good time to let your Illinois tollway transponder know how much you love it. That's because the agency could follow an industry trend shifting from hard-...
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Supernatural suburbia? Check out these reportedly haunted local sitesOct 20, 2023 1:00 am - For years, it was “a rite of passage” for Northwest suburbanites to check out supposedly haunted Cuba Road at night, actor/filmmaker Jon Lee Brody explained. So it made ...
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'The stakes are ... high': 5 takeaways from CMAP's report on transforming transitOct 16, 2023 5:00 am - A seismic report on how to pull Metra, Pace and the CTA away from a $730 million fiscal cliff and transform public transit is headed to the General Assembly and Gov. J.B...