Articles filed under Transportation
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Des Plaines S-curve closed for $5.7 million construction projectMay 31, 2022 1:00 am - The stretch of Northwest Highway in Des Plaines that includes the city's infamous S-curve is closed to all traffic until fall for a construction project. The roadway is ...
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How to end lines for licenses: Secretary of state candidates stress need for more efficiencyMay 30, 2022 5:30 am - Secretary of state candidates stress need for more efficiency
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Wheeling train crash victim leaves three young daughters behind; GoFundMe page establishedMay 26, 2022 1:00 am - Jesus "Ivan" Castrejon was anticipating a week that would make any dad proud. His oldest daughter, Amaya, was graduating from high school, and his youngest girls Victori...
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Constable: 43 years after Flight 191 horror, siblings unite with bookMay 25, 2022 1:00 am - By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com On Wednesday's anniversary of the tragedy that killed their parents, siblings Melody Smith, Kim Jockl and Jim Borchers make ...
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One killed, 10 injured in seven-vehicle pileup on southbound Tri-State TollwayMay 24, 2022 1:00 am - The southbound Tri-State Tollway near Willow Road in Glenview reopened about 1:25 p.m. after a deadly multivehicle pileup this morning. State police said one person was ...
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Wheeling man identified as truck driver killed in Metra crash; engineer braked and sounded hornMay 24, 2022 1:00 am - This story was updated to correct the age and hometown of the driver. Early reports from Metra were incorrect. A 41-year-old Wheeling man has been identified as the...
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What will NTSB consider when it probes tragic Clarendon Hills Metra crash?May 23, 2022 5:30 am - Illinois railway crossing collisions rose by 25% last year, with 125 recorded in 2021, the highest tally in six years, according to the Federal Railroad Administration. ...
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Officials celebrate completion of $58.5 million Lake-Cook Road reconstructionMay 23, 2022 1:00 am - 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 Buffal...
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Wheeling truck driver killed in Metra crash at crossing with no gates or lightsMay 23, 2022 1:00 am - A 41-year-old Wheeling man was killed Monday when a Metra train hit the dump truck he was driving at the Hainesville Road crossing in Lake County at about 7 a.m., author...
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Tri-Cities police will be out for extra traffic patrolsMay 20, 2022 1:00 am - Police departments in St. Charles, Geneva and Batavia are joining forces to conduct additional traffic safety patrols beginning Monday. The additional patrols will focus...