Marni Pyke
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The pride of Broadway returns with purrfect 'The Lion King'Nov 21, 2022 4:00 pm - “The Lion King” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Few musicals can twist your heart then make you laugh at fart jokes minutes later. But that's the tragicomic splendor of Disney's “The Lion Ki...
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Major fixes on the Kennedy, 'smart corridors' on routes 64 and 56 heading our wayNov 21, 2022 4:30 am - By Marni Pyke With the interminable Jane Byrne Interchange reconstruction terminating this year, the Illinois Department of Transportation is shifting gears to several p...
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Feds officially approve the massive expansion of O'Hare terminalsNov 21, 2022 12:00 am - The Federal Aviation Administration has officially approved a massive redo of O'Hare that will mean new terminals, gates, hotels and development on the western side of t...
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Fresh? Frozen? Free range? What to know about buying your turkey — and how much more will it costNov 19, 2022 12:00 am - Oh for those days of yore when the central Thanksgiving quandary was fresh or frozen turkey. Come 2022, the turkey angst is whether there will be enough birds and why ar...
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Include boosters or COVID-19 tests in your Thanksgiving plans, IDPH saysNov 18, 2022 12:00 am - With the new COVID-19 case count up by 17.8% in November from October, Illinois Department of Public Health officials are advising common-sense precautions during Thanks...
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'Enhanced' Metra schedules are comingNov 15, 2022 12:00 am - Suburban Metra riders could see more trains chugging into stations in the coming days, officials said. The changes will affect passengers on the Union Pacific and Milwau...
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5 tips to make Thanksgiving travel easier - and a little less priceyNov 14, 2022 4:30 am - Ten days until Thanksgiving - have you made your travel plans? If not, it's time to stuff that turkey. Here's what to know about driving and flying over the November and...
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Another diverging diamond interchange comes to the suburbsNov 14, 2022 12:00 am - Suburban commuters in Will County passing through the I-55 and Weber Road interchange could usually count on one thing — traffic congestion. Illinois Department of Trans...
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The $100 'Super Saver' pass will stay as Metra passes its third pandemic-era budgetNov 11, 2022 12:00 am - Metra directors opted to keep bargain fares offering flexibility to riders as they adopted the 2023 budget Friday, but the move will mean about $2 million less than orig...
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How the suburbs fit into J.B. Pritzker's decisive win - and what's next (president?)Nov 09, 2022 12:00 am - With the state House and Senate firmly under Democratic control and a second term as governor locked up, is Gov. J.B. Pritzker aiming higher? "There's no plan to do any...