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VIDEO: Progress made on Chicago freight rail project
Construction continues on a Chicago bridge project designed to reduce delays and improve fluidity by untangling freight and passenger rail lines. The Forest Hill Flyover, known as P3, is a viaduct designed to eliminate or reduce a quartet of intersecting railroad tracks on the city’s South Side. It’s part of the public-private $4.6-billion Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program of 70 grade separations, flyovers and other rail projects to reduce the city’s notorious rail and roadway congestion.
Pack Expo International 2024 to offer networking opportunities
Pack Expo International 2024 (Nov. 3-6, McCormick Place, Chicago) is gearing up to offer networking opportunities that promise to connect over 45,000 packaging and processing professionals. Produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, this flagship event will host a variety of activities designed to foster connections and inspire innovation across the industry.
Angel Reese Getting Roasted After Making WNBA History In Sky-Mercury
Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky welcomed the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA's return from its Olympic hiatus. During the 85-65 loss, Reese's name was going viral for breaking a franchise record. She now has the most offensive rebounds in Chicago Sky history, passing Sylvia Fowles. Reese ...
ILLINOIS NEWS BRIEF (08/15/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) A new state law will expand fentanyl education for grades 6-12 in Illinois schools beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year. It was last week that Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the non-partisan bill into law. The Illinois Department of Public Health says a lethal dose of fentanyl is smaller than a drop of water. Opioids containing fentanyl, along with several other drugs, are involved in 70% of most all fatal drug overdoses.
Chicago’s The Apartment Source adds new leasing directors
Chicago’s The Apartment Source (“TAS”) added Genelle Banks and Alex Anderson as its newest Leasing Directors. Combined with 15+ years of industry experience, extensive knowledge and commitment to client satisfaction, Genelle and Alex are ready to elevate The Apartment Source’s leasing department to the next level.
First Line Friday (week 407): The Deadly Shallows
Happy Friday & welcome to the First Line Friday link-up! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. Today I’m delighted to feature the first line of The Deadly Shallows by one of my very fave authors, Dani Pettrey! I loved this book (you can read my review HERE), and it’s been much too long since I hung out with Dani in person. So I’m SUPER EXCITED that Dani will be at this year’s JustRead Rendezvous – an author/reader event that will take place in Downers Grove, Illinois, on Friday, November 15th. More details below – I’d love to see you there! Only nine more readers and we’ll add another three authors!!! Please come join us – it’s so much fun!
Man dies in motorcycle accident in Washington County
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP — An Illinois man is dead after a motorcycle accident in Washington County Wednesday afternoon. The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a one-vehicle fatal crash involving a 2008 KTM LC8 motorcycle around 1:39 p.m. Wednesday near milepost 9 on Ohio 26 in Lawrence Township, according to an OSHP media release.
Chicago gun violence stories: South Side community tries to heal — and forgive
CHICAGO - Gun violence remains a tragic reality in Chicago, but a local nonprofit is striving to help communities heal and persuade young men to put down their weapons before it's too late. In a FOX 32 Special Report, our chief photographer, Jeff Sutker, brings us the voices of those...
Latin Restaurant Weeks Return to Chicago, Aug. 16-30
Latin Restaurant Weeks are back with specials across the Chicago area. It’s an opportunity to sample flavors from across Latin America without leaving Illinois. It all kicks off Friday and runs through Aug. 30. WTTW News stopped by one of the participating restaurants, Caribella in Logan Square, which offers...
Walker: Stationed on Vietnam’s southeast corner
Editor’s note: This story is reprinted with permission from Honor Flight Chicago. Bob Walker’s father was a career Navy man who served on a minesweeper clearing obstacles before D-Day and then spent the days after the invasion recovering bodies and parts of bodies from the water. Bob graduated...
Chicago official rescinds claim that Texas could bus ‘25,000’ migrants to DNC
A Chicago city official has walked back an earlier claim that the city was bracing for potentially tens of thousands of migrants to be bused in from the Texas border during the Democratic National Convention. “We at this point do not have any credible intel that there will be a large surge in terms of […]
EXCLUSIVE: Couple heartbroken after video shows business destroyed in Ashburn burglary for 3rd time
A Southwest Side couple said they feel helpless after their store was burglarized for a third time.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchOn Thursday around 3 a.m. multiple suspects forced their way into the New Quick Market in the 8300-block of Kedzie Avenue, Chicago police confirmed."By the time we came, everything was just ruined," Owner Ayesha Khan said.Store owners Ayesha and Sunny Khan said thieves stole the ATM, cash out of the register, and liquor bottles.The owners said they had just rebuilt the front entrance after it was broken down three months ago.Surveillance video captured the moment...
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