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IDOT seeks input on 47th Street-East Avenue improvements
Commuters concerned about safety or congestion at the intersection of 47th Street and East Avenue in La Grange are invited to an open house to discuss possible improvements in that area. The Illinois Department of Transportation is hosting an open house...Tags: Vulcan Materials Company, Joliet, Brookfield (Cook, Illinois), La Grange, Illinois Department of Transportation
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Police investigate deaths of mother, daughter in McCook
Special to the TribuneMcCook police are conducting a death investigation after the bodies of an elderly mother and her daughter were found in their apartment in the near west suburb. McCook Police Chief Frank Wolfe said police conducting a well-being check about 5:30 p.m....Tags: Heart Disease, Diabetes
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Madigan's son's employer rakes in suburbs' insurance business
The son of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is forging a successful insurance career in the Chicago suburbs with the help of mayors who look to his powerful father to advance their political and legislative agendas. Andrew Madigan, 26, joined the...
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July trial set for former Cook County Board member Peraica
Special to the TribuneA Cook County judge has set July 24 and 25 as the dates for the jury trial of former Cook County board member Anthony Peraica, who was charged with misdemeanor criminal damage to property for allegedly destroying an election sign for his opponent...Tags: Elections, Bridgeview, Politics, Justice System, Judges
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Legal settlement to force completion of Deep Tunnel
Tribune reporterFederal and state authorities today unveiled a legal settlement intended to finally complete the Deep Tunnel, the Chicago region’s massive flood- and pollution-control project. Relief from swamped basements and sewage overflows still is years away,...Tags: Michael Hawthorne, Disasters and Accidents, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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2 killed in separate suburban crashes
Tribune reporterA 35-year-woman was killed after the car she was driving went into oncoming traffic and crashed head-on with another vehicle in south suburban Matteson, officials said today. Christine Brown, 35, of the 17000 block of Anthony Avenue in Hazel Crest, was...Tags: Accidental Death, Summit (Cook, Illinois), Olympia Fields, Matteson, Disasters and Accidents
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Some Cook County commissioners skeptical on tax, fee hikes
TribLocal - Oak Park & River Forest » NewsSome Cook County commissioners are balking at the tax and fee hikes board President Toni Preckwinkle is pushing in her proposed spending plan. “There's going …... -
Joliet approves expansion of mining operations near elementary school
TribLocal - Joliet » NewsA quarry that has been blasted and mined since 1994 in Joliet’s south side will expand closer to a nearby school and a main road. …... -
Witness links trucker to bribe
Tribune staff reporterRicardo Guzman, the truck driver involved in a fiery wreck in which six children died, paid a bribe to buy his truck-driving license two years before the 1994 crash, a key figure in the bribes-for-licenses probe of the Illinois secretary of state's office...Tags: Elections, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, George Ryan
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Ryan pal says he took money bag for safety
Tribune Staff WritersA former top aide to then-Secretary of State George Ryan acknowledged Thursday that he took a briefcase full of cash and campaign fundraising tickets from the office of an employee targeted in an investigation of alleged driver's license-selling in 1993,...Tags: Tickets, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, George Ryan, Chicago
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Driver admits ignoring warning before crash
Tribune staff reporterRicardo Guzman, the truck driver involved in the fiery crash that killed six children near Milwaukee in 1994, acknowledged Monday for the first time that he could have prevented the accident had he heeded the warning of another truck driver and pulled...Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, George Ryan, Vehicles
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