Controversy Over Buffer Zone Control Delays Peotone Airport Plan
State lawmakers face pressure to grant local governments power to regulate buffer zones for the Peotone airport project. Officials warn about the need for state legislation, legal aid from the Illinois Department of Transportation, and plans to start purchasing 23,500 acres by mid 1996. Airlines remain skeptical about development, while boundary adjustments and debates over nearby communities and noise monitoring continue.
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Ork
York
Ilinois Department of ‘Transportation
Aumer
Federal Aviation Administration
Peotone
St Paul Church of
Beecher
St. Paulus Cemetery
Church Road
Paesel
Eagleake Road
Union Pacific Railroad
University Park and Monee
Paceel
Reynolds case moves as Heard cited for absent court appearance
Prosecutor Andrea Zopp notes Heard is unrepresented and may face a bond recall after a summons. Hearing witnesses testify Heard was served at her Beverly home and also lived in Griffith. Defense seeks delay due to other cases, while Suria considers a one week postponement. O Malley defends ongoing prosecutions despite recanting witnesses and political prominence.
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Andrea Zopp
Heard
Zepp
Calumet City
Eric Powell Dunham
Suria
Dunham
Sam Adam
Edward Genson
Terence Gillespie
Reynolds
Genson
Will County
Patricia Schneider
Joliet
Lindi Gillespie
Schneider
DuPage County
Suna
Grundy County
O'Malley
Coasman
Village to Hold Summer Meetings and Close EJ&E Crossing
The trustees announced a Monday 7 p.m. meeting at Pierce Park Imperial Avenue and Latonia Lane the first of three neighborhood sessions this summer to gauge resident input on planning. EJ&E grade crossing on Cicero Avenue will close for a week from 8 am Monday July 10 to 6 pm Friday July 14 with detours via Governors Highway or Ridgeland Avenue to Route 20 Eineala Highway.
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Pierce Park
Imperial Avenue
Latonia Lane
Ej&e
Cicero Avenue
Department of Public Works
Governors Highway
Ridgeland Avenue
Eineala Highway
Metra to study UP line from Chicago to Crete for commuter service
Metra will launch a summer feasibility study into a Union Pacific route from downtown Chicago to Crete, spurred by the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association. The $131,000 project, funded mainly by a federal grant, will compare limited four-train and full eight-train rush hour patterns with optional off-peak service, stop at Crete Steger South Chicago Heights Chicago Heights Glenwood Thornton South Holland and Dolton, and connect to LaSalle Street Station.
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Union Pacific
Chicago
Crete
South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association
Metra
Steger
Chicago Heights
Glenwood
Thornton
South Holland
Dolton
LaSalle Street
Electric District
Randolph Andichigan
Metra Electric
Chris Knapton
Exchange Street
Steger Road
Sauk Trail
Glenwood-Dyer Road
Ridge Road
159Th Street
Sibley Boulevard
Dalton
Knapton Knapton
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
79Th Street
Rock Island District
Knapton
Rock Island
Mayors and Managers Association
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Florida
Atlanta
New Orleans
Amtrak
Danville
Baughman murder hearing set for Aug 7 in Antigua
John Baughman 53 of Orland Park is held without bail in Antigua for the murder of his wife Valerie Joyce DesLaurier Baughman 56. A preliminary hearing date was set for Aug 1 to determine if evidence warrants a murder trial when Antigua High Court convenes in September with potential death sentence. Police say they have a solid case. past charges regarding his first wife were acquitted.
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Antigua
John Baughman
Orland Park
Valerie Joyce DesLaurier Baughman
Baughman
Haynesworth Buckley
Baugh
High Court
Buckley
Trudy
Chicago Heights
Matteson
Murder reported near Exch Street and Blackhawk Drive
Police say two deaths near University Park are not linked. Fernandez died at 11 55 p m at Olympia Fields Osteopathic after a shooting, with a press conference planned for Monday. Williams, a Crete Monee High School graduate, was shot in her home while her boyfriend and infant child were nearby. Neighbors recount a man attempting entry and gunfire on Friday night, as another neighbor heard two shots near the Fourth of July period.
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Exch Street
Blackhawk Drive
University Park
Fernandez
Olympia Fields Osteopathic
Thomas Leonard
Williams
Crete- Monee High School
Richard Bey
Neighbors
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Raccoon Grove Nature Preserve
Monee Reservoir
Will County Forest
Raccoon Grove
Michael Einhorn
Rosemont
Arlington Heights
Einhorn
Cook County
Jack O'Malley
O’malley
Wls-Tv
Richard Labus
By Mike O'Neal
CSX
Canadian Payroads
Dalton Junction
Conrail
Mary Paleologos
Dean Pence Pence
Prestwick
Frankfort
Pence
Homewood
Flossmoor
Honeywell
Lansing
Valerie Baughman
Oak Lawn
Oak Lawn High School
APC News Service
Paula Anderson
Illiana Ford Club
Olympia Fields
Ford
S. Western Ave
Ilinois
Cornerstone Christian School
Commercial Avenue
Star
Holland
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