Articles filed under Transportation
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Coroner: woman committed suicide:Jul 01, 2013 11:36 am - A Spring Grove woman who was hit by a train near Round Lake on Saturday committed suicide, Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd said Monday. The 60-year-old woman was identif...
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O’Hare, Midway flight delays blamed on fire alarmJul 01, 2013 10:25 am - A fire alarm triggered the evacuation of an air traffic control center in Elgin — diverting airplanes and slowing some flights at the U.S.’s second busiest airport Monda...
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Metra facing more questions after Clifford's exitJul 01, 2013 5:15 am - For the second time in three years, Metra faces a leadership void, questions about dubious spending, scrutiny by authorities and no one accepting blame for the dysfuncti...
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Meeting on future of downtown Mt. Prospect July 10Jun 30, 2013 10:37 am - To participate in a study of how downtown Mount Prospect can improve in the years to come, the public is invited an open house 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, in the executiv...
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Woman killed by Metra train near Round LakeJun 30, 2013 1:09 am - An inbound Metra train struck and killed a woman near Round Lake late Saturday morning, a spokesman said. Metra spokesman Michael Gillis did not have any additional info...
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Parade, freight problems delay Metra ridersJun 28, 2013 10:46 am - Metra regulars headed for work and Blackhawks fans bound for the downtown Chicago celebration combined for a messy situation on a number of train lines Friday morning. T...
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O'Hare worker charged with smuggling cocaineJun 27, 2013 9:00 pm - A manager at a cargo and ground-service company at O'Hare International Airport was arrested this week after a federal investigation involving a government informant cau...
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Tollway approves $44 million software contractJun 27, 2013 5:01 pm - The Illinois tollway software system that processes all I-PASS transactions flies under the radar — except if something goes wrong as it did in 2007 and 2008 when glitch...
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The Metra board’s outrageous generosityJun 27, 2013 9:04 am - We would have thought that, if nothing else, the directors on Metra’s board at least would have been mindful of appearances after it was discovered that former executive...
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NTSB: No answers yet on Wheeling plane crashJun 26, 2013 7:00 pm - NTSB says investigation is ongoing in Wheeling