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FACTBOX-U.S. coal-fired power plants scheduled to shut
ReutersJun 13 (Reuters) - U.S. power companies have shut or converted over 15,000 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired power plants since 2009 and have plans to shut or convert another 35,000 MW over the 10 years or so. Cheap natural gas prices and strict...Tags: Riverside (Cook, Illinois), Nisource Incorporated, Hopewell (Hopewell, Virginia), Electricity Production and Distribution, Lansing
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Let Will County have a say on South Suburban Airport
At the end of the legislative session, Springfield lawmakers quickly and quietly passed Senate Bill 20, giving governance to the South Suburban Airport to the Illinois Department of Transportation. This legislation runs contrary to the established...Tags: Pat Quinn, Illinois Governor, Springfield, Illinois Department of Transportation
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Gary taking a new tack to expand, land business for its airport
For many years, Gary/Chicago International Airport has offered its services as a reliever airport to help ease flight-delay pressures at Chicago's two airports. Yet there have been few takers among airlines or passengers, despite competition in the form...
Tags: Midway Airport, O'Hare International Airport, Chicago Tribune, Air Transportation Delays, Michigan Avenue
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Horse neglect rampant in Illinois, advocates say
CHICAGO - The four horses hadn't been visited in weeks. There was no water in their buckets, no hay in the stall. All of the animals looked dangerously thin. The horses' caregiver apparently had stopped showing up. So even though the horses were not...Tags: Beecher, Government Debt, Crime, Law and Justice, Pension and Welfare, Labor Legislation
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Frankfort Square armed robbery suspects arrested in Texas
Special to the TribuneTwo men accused of kidnapping a 69-year-old woman from her Frankfort Square home March 4 and forcing her to give up information about her bank accounts were arrested this morning in Texas following a chase involving state, county and city police. Sulphur...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Theft, Police Arrests, Trials
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Alarmed by spike in heroin deaths, prosecutors use rare law
A "heroin epidemic" in the region has caused or contributed to the deaths of more than 80 people in Will County in the past two years, a county official said after a New Lenox man was charged last week with drug-induced homicide. "The purity of heroin...
Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Lawyers, Prisons, Punishment, New Lenox
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Ohio to Texas to Illinois: Toll of teen driving deaths rises
From Ohio to Illinois to Texas, the United States has again faced the tragic fact that teenagers, parties and driving don’t mix, as accidents have left a trail of shattered homes and communities across the nation. In recent days, six teenagers...
Tags: Television Industry, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Motorvehicle Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Wilmington
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Woman, 22, charged with drug-induced homicide
Special to the TribuneA 22-year-old Romeoville woman serving time in the Illinois Department of Corrections on two Will County drug convictions has been charged with drug-induced homicide in the fatal heroin overdose of a 20-year-old Plainfield-area man in 2011. Will...Tags: Romeoville, Drug Trafficking, Plainfield (Will, Illinois), Murder, Heroin
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Drew Peterson transferred to Pontiac prison
Tribune reportersDrew Peterson’s new life as an Illinois Department of Corrections inmate has begun. Peterson was transferred this morning to the Stateville Correctional Center near Crest Hill, where he was evaluated for placement based upon factors such as his...Tags: Health, Rob Lowe, Lawyers, Prisons, Bloomington
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Authorities: Former teacher accused of making threatening phone call
Special to the TribuneA Will County judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of a former Lincoln-Way Central High School teacher who allegedly made a threatening phone call to a school district official. Will County State's Attorney Spokesman Charles Pelkie said Wednesday...Tags: Netherlands, Politics, Lawyers, Prisons, Punishment
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Will County mobile program offers needed dental service
Third-grader Kyle Trusty walked into the dentist's office, expressing apprehension and astonishment at the same time. He wondered aloud if he had any cavities and what his visit would be like. In the next breath, though, he conveyed amazement at the...
Tags: Family, Dental Health, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Dentistry and Dental Health, Health Insurance
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Power company seeks to exceed emissions levels
The president of Midwest Generation recently argued that state regulators should allow the financially-strapped company to exceed some emissions limits for two years at its Illinois power plants, including two in Will County. The proposal was met with...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Financially Distressed Companies, Bankruptcy, Electricity Production and Distribution, Romeoville
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