SAFE TIMING AT FATAL CROSSING DEBATED
Two weeks after the accident at a Fox River Grove rail crossing that claimed seven young lives, the question of how to ensure safety at the intersection has become mired...
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SIGNAL FLAWS FOUND AT 5 OTHER CROSSINGS
Lockport has three of the five rail crossings that state officials say have serious signal flaws similar to the one in Fox River Grove where seven teens were fatally injured...
NEVER HEARD TRAIN, BUS DRIVER REVEALS
As the death toll rises to 7 in Wednesday's collision in Fox River Grove, investigators say they're `troubled' by the timing of the signals and by the intersection itself. The...
INVESTIGATORS PROBE SIGNALS AT FOX RIVER GROVE CROSSING
The electronic safety system was plagued with problems. The intersection was designed with little margin for error. And the bus driver was harried. Investigators will be scrutinizing all three elements...
MOSELEY-BRAUN, 3 GOP CONGRESSMEN ASK REYNOLDS TO QUIT
For more than a year, the Illinois congressional delegation had little to say about their beleaguered colleague, U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds. But the ranks of professional courtesy broke on Wednesday...
NEW PAC’S NAME SOUNDS FAMILIAR
A day after a Chicago political consultant said he was questioned about a $2,100 check by Cook County prosecutors investigating Rep. Mel Reynolds, a South Side group with a name...
2 INDICTED IN TOLLWAY PROBE
Robert Hickman, once one of the most powerful Republicans in state government, was accused Wednesday of defrauding the state's scandal-plagued toll highway authority of $240,000 while he was its chief....
O’MALLEY WILL CONTINUE CASE AGAINST REYNOLDS
Prosecutors on Tuesday began investigating a 55-page document that U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds said exonerates him of sexual-assault charges. But the statement, by a former campaign worker, also provides potentially...
PROBE OF TOLLWAY LAND DEAL FINISHING UP
Prosecutors in DuPage County hope to conclude next week a criminal investigation into a $3.8 million land deal by the Illinois Toll Highway Authority, according to interviews and court records...
RYAN LOOKS TO HIS PALS TO GET CASH
While Democrat Al Hofeld taps his personal wealth to finance his campaign for attorney general, Republican Jim Ryan is relying on the wealth of friends and political associates to raise...