Pajama clad 3 year old dies in storm outside home
Nicholas Todaychick 342 of Wheeling died of exposure after wandering into deep snow during a Wednesday blizzard. He was found in the yard by a neighbor at 4 30 a.m. and died at Holy Family Hospital Des Plaines. Five deaths in the storm were reported in area hospitals with four linked to the blizzard.
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Nicholas Todaychick
Wheeling
Richard Young
Mount Prospect
Harold C. Braun
Roselle
Carroll Haskew
Chicago
Schaumburg
Anthony W. Dabrowski
Niles
E. Highland Ave
Nicholas
Calvin J. Mara
Highland Ave
Mara
Conte
Vasil B. Todaychick
O’hare
Florida
Snowbound motorists scramble as roads reopen efforts continue
North suburban residents battled the after effects of a heavy snowstorm the worst since 1967. Abandoned cars clogged ramps and lanes with 50 to 60 stalled on the O’Hare entrance as police and removal crews searched for owners. I 90 remained a parking lot between Thorndale and Route 83 while other expressways were passable.
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Northwest
O'Hare Airport
Tri-State
Des Plaines
Meacham Road
Nerge Road
Elk Grove Village
Schaumburg
Ill
Thorndale Avenue
State Police Tollway Division
Nine hour nightmare on I-90 as noon rush ends in stranded cars
Herald staff writer A Messerschmidt spent nine hours battling snow and standstill traffic on Interstate 90 from Arlington Heights to Elmhurst. By 10 p.m. it was a four lane parking lot with jackknifed trucks and barricade like drifts. He abandoned his car at 2 a.m. and retrieved it later.
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Herald
Messerschmidt
Elmhurst
Arlington Heights
AL Messerschmidt
Lake Street
Schaumburg
Woodfield
Hollis
Navy
Great Lakes
Dayton
Ohio
Big melt under way but no flood danger in Chicago area
Temperatures rose above freezing Thursday turning Wednesday's heavy snowfall into slush and water with officials saying flood risk is low. The Army Corps of Engineers and Metropolitan Sanitary District expect no flooding, noting Chicago River levels remain steady as 10.7 inches of snowfall in 24 hours equates to about an inch of rain.
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Metropolitan Sanitary District
MSD
Chicago
Corps’ Hydrology Department
O’hare
Tom Hollis
Great Lakes
O'Hare Clears After Snowbound Christmas Travel Surge
Thousands endured over a day of delays as O'Hare reopened a single runway after a 10 inch snowstorm. Navy sailors, students, and travelers crowded terminals and nearby hotels while mail and social security deliveries faced delays.
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