Articles filed under Transportation
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Report: Falsified work logs at Metra caused problemsJul 28, 2014 1:00 am - Falsified work logs at Metra led to some employees being paid for work they didn't do and others not getting paid when they showed up, a report released Monday says. But...
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Editorial: No alarm, but concern is appropriate at MetraJul 27, 2014 1:01 am - No one reacted with alarm at the revelation this week that disciplinary probes of Metra train engineers halfway into the year already have reached the level for all of 2...
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Hart Road construction updateJul 26, 2014 1:01 am - Officials say a Hart Road construction project in Round Lake is nearing completion. Deborah Finn, vice president of marketing for Crystal Lake-based Baxter and Woodman C...
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O'Hare worker accused of taking computersJul 25, 2014 1:01 am - CHICAGO - A worker at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is accused of stealing two computers from military foot lockers that were being shipped overseas. Authoritie...
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I-90 reopens after truck fireJul 25, 2014 1:01 am - The Jane Addams Tollway was closed in both directions for more than an hour and a half Friday after a semitrailer truck caught fire near Huntley. State police said the t...
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Hanover Park's Craig to replace Mulder on Metra boardJul 23, 2014 1:01 am - Cook County commissioners picked Hanover Park Village President Rodney Craig to fill a vacant spot on the Metra board Wednesday. Craig will attend his first Metra meetin...
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Investigations of Metra engineers on the rise for 2014Jul 23, 2014 1:00 am - As of June, disciplinary investigations of train engineers at Metra had totaled 11, as many as the entire number of cases for 2013. The upward trend comes in the wake of...
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FAA lifts ban on U.S. flights to IsraelJul 23, 2014 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration lifted its ban Wednesday on U.S. flights in and out of Israel, which the agency had imposed out of concern for the risk ...
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Suburban officials: O'Hare noise monitors not enoughJul 22, 2014 1:01 am - Chicago's move to add eight noise monitors around O'Hare International Airport is proving underwhelming for some officials concerned about the din from airplanes in part...
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Semi driver in I-55 crash faked logs, authorities sayJul 22, 2014 1:00 am - A semi-truck driver involved in crash that killed four people southwest of Chicago was driving too fast and falsified entries in a logbook tracking the number of hours h...