Rail crossing fatal crash blamed on worker in McLean
The NTSB found that a Union Pacific railroad worker failed to restore power to crossing gates and signals, causing a 1999 collision that killed two western Illinois teenagers. Cables bypassed the system after the worker did not remove them, leaving gates inoperative at the McLean crossing.
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Bloomington
Union Pacific
Western Illinois
National Transportation Safety Board
McLean
Charles W. Jones
NTSB
Daughter of judge gets life in Memphis murder case
Brenda Speh daughter of Cook County Associate Judge Sandi Johnson Speh pleaded guilty to shooting and robbing John Henry Jones Jr. of Memphis in 1998. Jones was shot twice in the head and once in the arm, authorities said before she was sentenced to life in prison.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Brenda Speh
John Henry Jones Jr
Jones
Speh
Cook County
Sandi Johnson- Speh
Republican committeeman sentenced in swindle scheme
James Battista 44 of Chicago received 27 months in federal prison for a 233 720 fraud case. He was placed on three years probation, fined 2000 and ordered to repay 162 300. He faced up to 33 months and 60 000 in fines.
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Republican State Central
James Battista
Chicago
Willie Hunter
Michael Ceriale
Illinois
Gift Ban Act faces Illinois Supreme Court challenge
The Illinois Supreme Court reviewed the 1998 Gift Ban Act ethics law amid questions from Justice about vague provisions. Former village trustee Patrick Flynn and Senator Denny Jacobs challenge the act, arguing it lacks clear standards while officials defend it as guiding public ethics.
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Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
New Lenox Village
Patrick Flynn
Denny Jacobs
East Moline
Surviving the Columbia Disaster A Pekin Veteran Remembers
Everett Stringer recalls the 1918 sinking of the Columbia on the Illinois River near Creve Coeur. He was seven, with his mother aboard, among about 500 passengers. 87 died. He describes steering a pilot’s wheel, the ship striking a stump, and the frantic moments before the wreck.
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Illinois River
Stringer
Columbia
Pekin
Kingston Mines
Peoria
H.F.) Mehl
Capt. Mehl
Tom Williams
Williams
Tazewell
Wesley City
Creve Coeur
Chester
Illinois
Everett Stringer
Bellevue
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Supreme Court
Michael Doyle
Doyle
Cass Wennlund
New Lenox
Jacobs
Wennlund
Teesk
Frankfort
Carbondale Civic Center
The
Southern Illinois Doctor’s Speakers Bureau
Brian Bird
Arnett’s Country Store
Old Johnston City Road
W. Frankfort, IL
Purcell's
DeSoto
Elkville
Ae Eee
Tee
Casey
Vienna St
E. Main St
N. Grant City Rd
South Division St
State St
S. Victor
West Grant
Washington St
4Th St
North Pershing St
Park Ave
Marion
Murphysboro
Pickneyville Lesser
Sparta
Tamaroa
Tilden
West Frankfort
Zeigler
S. Court St
Walnut St
Kennedy Dr
S. Park St
W. Jackson St
W. Broadway St
S. Walnut St
Butler St
N. Christopher Rd
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