Articles filed under Transportation
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Editorial: Take highway work-zone safety seriouslySep 19, 2017 11:00 pm - In early spring, the Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois Tollway issued the standard yearly plea for motorists to be on their best behavior in constructio...
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Search continues for driver who hit, killed tollway workerSep 19, 2017 1:00 am - David M. Schwarz worked "on the front line" of the Illinois tollway's 292-mile system and died trying to make the roads safer, agency leaders said Tuesday. Illinois Stat...
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Bonds for Longmeadow toll bridge said to be no risk to Kane taxpayersSep 19, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County transportation officials nullified a long-standing fear Tuesday about the tollway portion of the Longmeadow Parkway, saying no scenario puts taxpayers on the...
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Tesla rolling out superchargers in Rolling MeadowsSep 18, 2017 5:40 am - Sometime soon, "charging" at the Rolling Meadows Meijer store will mean something far different from handing the cashier your Visa. That's because Tesla is setting up a ...
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Tollway worker killed in hit-and-run crash along the Tri-StateSep 18, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois State Police are looking for the driver of a semitrailer that struck and killed an Illinois tollway maintenance worker Monday afternoon. The 48-year-old man, wh...
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Vernon Hills roadwork at Gregg's Parkway, Huntington RoadSep 17, 2017 1:00 am - Work to create a safer pedestrian crossing at the intersection of Gregg's Parkway and Huntington Road in Vernon Hills is scheduled to begin Monday, Sept. 18, weather per...
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Open house to review upcoming expansion of UP rail line through GenevaSep 16, 2017 1:00 am - When the Chicago and North Western Railway built a new bridge over the Fox River in 1920, it installed piers wide enough to accommodate four railroad tracks, even though...
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Union, car dealerships reach tentative agreement that could end strikeSep 15, 2017 1:00 am - A strike by auto mechanics that left myriad suburban drivers in the lurch could be over soon. According to the Automobile Mechanics Local 701 website, the union reached ...
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Teams of local law officers pull jet for Special OlympicsSep 15, 2017 1:00 am - Saturday's plane pull at O'Hare International Airport to raise money for Special Olympics Illinois drew teams of 20 from law enforcement agencies, fire departments, priv...
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Customs agent convicted of stealing $5,000 from travelerSep 14, 2017 1:00 am - A former customs agent stationed at O'Hare International is facing 10 years in prison after a federal jury convicted him of embezzlement for taking $5,000 in cash from a...