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Illinois 70 mph highway speed limit bill sent to governor
Clout StreetThe Illinois House today sent Gov. Pat Quinn legislation that would raise the speed limit on non-urban interstate highways from 65 mph to 70 mph. Supporters said increasing the limit would put Illinois in line with neighboring states and help the...Tags: Barbara Flynn Currie, Executive Branch, Pat Quinn, Illinois Department of Transportation, Politics
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Truckload of concerns after lawmakers OK higher speed limit
Illinois drivers soon could roll along rural interstates at 70 mph after House lawmakers Wednesday approved a higher speed limit on nonurban highways despite safety concerns and a possible veto showdown with the governor. Supporters said the higher...
Tags: Barbara Flynn Currie, Executive Branch, Crime, Law and Justice, Highway Transportation, Sugar Grove
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Coroner: Pedestrian killed on Airport Road identified
The Lehigh County Coroner has identified the woman killed Tuesday night when she was struck by a sport utility vehicle while crossing Airport Road as a 61-year-old homeless woman. Susan Thompson, last known to live in Allentown, was pronounced dead at...
Tags: Allentown, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Eldersburg's Knutson-Cullen among honorees at Memorial Day service
U.S. Army Capt. Sara M. Knutson-Cullen, a former Eldersburg resident who died in a helicopter crash in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 11, will be among the honorees at the May 27 Memorial Day service at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium....
Tags: Holidays, Iraq War (2003-2011), Air and Space Accidents, Afghanistan, U.S. Military
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Woman drives into Hampton creek; pulled to safety by residents
Daily PressHAMPTON — It has been 40 years since Bill Leath last worked as a lifeguard, but when he saw a car careen into Newmarket Creek on Wednesday morning, those life-saving instincts resurfaced. “The woman had gotten out of the vehicle and yelled...Tags: Vehicles, NASA, Services and Shopping, Hypothermia, Motorvehicle Accidents
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5 dead, 6 injured in Illinois passenger van crash
St. Louis Post-DispatchVANDALIA, Ill. A crash that killed five men and injured six near here Monday was another in a series of one-vehicle rollovers that have prompted repeated warnings about 15-passenger vans for years. Fayette County Coroner Bruce Bowen said the vehicles...Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Industry, Highway Transportation, Religious Events
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CP Railway reopens line, cleans up after oil spill
ReutersTORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd said on Wednesday it has repaired and reopened a rail line near Jansen, Saskatchewan, and continues to clean up after a derailment that spilled 575 barrels of crude oil on Tuesday. CP, the country's...Tags: Railway Accidents, Toronto Stock Exchange, Environmental Issues, Water Pollution, Canadian Pacific Railway Limited
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Naperville, Lisle police blotter: May 22
The following items were taken from Naperville and Lisle police reports. Naperville •A homeowner in the 400 block of Redstart Lane happened upon a male teenager who had been going through a refrigerator in the open garage May 16. Police said...
Tags: Theft, Naperville, Police Arrests, Aurora, Drug Trafficking
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Orland Park area police blotter: May 22
These items were taken from Orland Park and Will County police reports. Orland Park A 51-year-old Orland Park man was arrested in the 12100 block of Edgewood Drive about 10:20 p.m. May 7 on charges of drunken driving after he allegedly left the...
Tags: Police Arrests, Crime, Law and Justice, Macy's, Sports, Drunk Driving
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Woman hit by SUV, killed in Allentown; driver reportedly is punched
A woman was killed Tuesday night in Allentown when she walked across Airport Road with her son and was hit by a sport utility vehicle, according to witnesses and police radio reports. When the driver got out of the SUV, the woman's distraught son...
Tags: Allentown, Coca-Cola Co., Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Collision between car and tractor-trailer snarls northbound i-81 in W.Va.
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comA two-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer and a Mini Cooper clogged traffic on the northbound lanes of Interstate 81 in Berkeley County for about six hours Tuesday, according to police and emergency officials. There were no injuries in the...Tags: Highway Transportation, Motorvehicle Accidents
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