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Wheeling train crash victim leaves three young daughters behind; GoFundMe page established
May 26, 2022 6:44 PM - "We didn't get a chance to say goodbye." Jesus "Ivan" Castrejon's death leaves three daughters ages 18 through 4 grieving after a Metra train crash Monday. A GoFundMe page has been set up. -
Constable: 43 years after Flight 191 horror, siblings unite with book
May 25, 2022 5:34 PM - As they do on every anniversary of the Flight 191 crash that killed their parents, the children of Bill and Corrinne "Nudy" Borchers vist the memorial in Des Plaines. This year, they have a new book they wrote together about their journey since that tragedy on May 25, 1979.
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One killed, 10 injured in seven-vehicle pileup on southbound Tri-State TollwayMay 24, 2022 7:02 PM - The southbound Tri-State Tollway near Willow Road in Glenview remains closed as Illinois State Police continue to investigate a deadly multivehicle pileup this morning.
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Wheeling man identified as truck driver killed in Metra crash; engineer braked and sounded horn
May 24, 2022 6:40 PM - A 41-year-old Wheeling man has been identified as the driver of a dump truck struck by a Metra train south of Route 120 and Hainesville Road Monday morning. Metra officials said the engineer applied the brakes and sounded the train's horn. -
Wheeling truck driver killed in Metra crash at crossing with no gates or lights
May 24, 2022 6:20 PM - The Metra train collision with a dump truck that killed a Wheeling man was at a private crossing in Hainesville with no lights or gates. Metra Milwaukee District North service is expected to be normal Tuesday. -
Officials celebrate completion of $58.5 million Lake-Cook Road reconstruction
May 23, 2022 7:53 PM - Local, county, state and federal officials gathered Monday to celebrate the completion of the $58.5 million, 2½-year Lake-Cook Road reconstruction project through Buffalo Grove and Wheeling. -
What will NTSB consider when it probes tragic Clarendon Hills Metra crash?
May 23, 2022 5:30 AM - Fatal rail crossing collisions are up in 2021 with most involving pedestrians, cars and trucks. That's what makes the rare death of a Metra passenger in a fiery May 11 crash so problematic. "If there are lessons to be learned, the NTSB will figure them out," one expert thinks.
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Tri-Cities police will be out for extra traffic patrolsMay 20, 2022 5:09 PM - Police departments in St. Charles, Geneva and Batavia are joining forces to conduct additional traffic safety patrols beginning Monday.
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State, CTA want $400 million from feds for Blue Line, I-290 work
May 19, 2022 5:25 PM - The Chicago area is making its first big pitch for one of the pots of money available under the new $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure program.
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Hart Road in Barrington closing for five months beginning June 2May 19, 2022 2:06 PM - The Lake County Division of Transportation will be closing Hart Road to through traffic from Route 14 (Northwest Highway) to Main Street/County Line Road (Lake-Cook Road) for approximately five months, beginning at 6 a.m. Thursday, June 2.
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