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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: South Shore, Economy, Business and Finance, Air Transportation Delays, Michigan Avenue, Chicago Tribune
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Charges against Jackson belie his pledge to service
Jesse Jackson Jr.'s final act as a public official was to send a Thanksgiving eve resignation letter to the speaker of the House in which he declared that "for 17 years I have given 100 percent of my time, energy and life to public service." But...
Tags: Trials, Political Fundraising, State of the Union Address, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Ethics
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Rep. Jackson calls it quits
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., the ambitious political heir to a powerful Chicago family whose once promising future collapsed amid federal ethics investigations and a diagnosis of mental illness, resigned Wednesday from the South Side congressional seat he held...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Jesse Jackson, Jr., David Orr , Kankakee, Ethics
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Route approval sought for new highway near Chicago
LOWELL, Ind. (AP) — Indiana and Illinois officials have asked federal agencies to approve a proposed route for a highway that would link Interstate 65 in northwestern Indiana and Interstate 55 in Illinois. The Illiana Expressway route picked by the...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Wilmington, Science and Technology
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Restaurants, Food & Spirits
This list is not all-inclusive. American Contemporary Allgauer's Doubletree Hotel, 5000 W. 127th St., Alsip, 708-272-4223 Open all day to accommodate hotel patrons and the public, Allgauer's is casual yet sophisticated and with recent renovations it's...
Tags: Mangos, Foods and Beverages, Waffles, Wilmington, Recipes
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High-speed chase ends near Crete-Monee Middle School
Special to the TribuneWill County Sheriff's Police say a 25-year-old Chicago man suspected of burglarizing a Crete-area home Tuesday afternoon nearly hit a squad car during the five-mile high-speed chase prior to his arrest near Crete-Monee Middle School. Jose A. Yanez-...Tags: Prisons, Disasters and Accidents, University Park (Will, Illinois), Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Jackson's Peotone Problem
WGN NewsCongressman Jesse Jackson Jr troubles aren’t confined to his personal struggles. His career-long pet project, the Peotone airport, faces problems. Our WGNTV investigation into the Canadian company he picked to build it found it is under a...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Abraham Lincoln, Mexico
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State trooper scuffles with man walking along Interstate 57
A Richton Park man who was found walking on the shoulder of I-57 in Monee was charged with scuffling an Illinois State Trooper who tried to get the man off the expressway early this morning, officials said. Mark A. Gaston, 46, was arrested after he was...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Prosecution, University Park (Will, Illinois), Richton Park, Crete
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Rain at last -- but more heat's on way
Chicagoland hadn't had much rain so far in June, but that changed Saturday, especially if you live in the southern part of the region. It was bad enough in Kankakee County that the local office of the National Weather Service issued a flood warning after...
Tags: Weather Reports, McHenry, Plainfield (Will, Illinois), Woodstock (McHenry, Illinois), Chicago Weather
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New local GOP chairman predicts ongoing opposition to 3rd airport
TribLocal - Joliet » NewsNewly-elected Will County Republican Chairman Ed Ronkowski predicts opposition to construction of a commercial airport near Peotone and rising taxes will be major issues for …... -
3rd Annual Peotone Park District Fundraiser
Staff reporterPeotone Park District's 3rd Annual Fundraiser Supporting the construction of our new facility the P.A.R.C. Peotone Activity & Recreation Center will take place on Saturday, February 25, 2012 from 7:00 p.m. - Midnight. Live Auction, Silent Auction, Raffles...Tags: Auction Service, Chrysler Group LLC
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3rd Annual Fundraiser
Staff reporterPeotone Park Districts will host their 3rd Annual Fundraiser on February 25, 2012 7 p.m. to midnight. This will be fun evening with live & silent auctions, raffles, dinner, music and bean bag tournament. Proceeds will go toward the renovation of new...Tags: Chrysler Group LLC
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Jul 12, 2012
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Jun 12, 2012
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