Metra adds bike cars to BNSF, Rock Island lines
CHICAGO (AP) Suburban Chicago’s commuter rail service is adding cars that accommodate bicycles on two train lines. Metra says in a statement that the bike cars were operational on the Rock Island and BNSF lines starting Saturday. The cars carry 16 bicycles instead of the five bikes that are allowed on Metra’s accessible diesel railcars. The bike cars will be available on weekday and weekend trains, and are easily identifiable: the exterior of the cars has a bight blue and grey color scheme and a large white bicycle decal next to the exterior doors.
Updated 5/10/2021 5:15 PM
Major commercial buildings, including an office building in Schaumburg, soon will have COVID-19 vaccination teams on site to offer free inoculations to workers and others in the area.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced that many of these vaccination teams will start later this week and early next week through a partnership with Walgreens.
So far, 10 locations have been selected seven in Chicago, two in Rockford and one near Woodfield Mall at the headquarters of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1061 American Lane, Schaumburg.
Vaccines will be available for anyone, and walk-ins are being encouraged.
Specific dates and times will be publicized to maximize vaccination opportunities, state health officials said. Most sites will stage clinics at shift changes so more workers can take advantage of the option.
District 21 proposes administration and community service center in development next door
New administration, community service center proposed
A new Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 administration building and center for social service agencies is being considered for the London Crossing mixed-use project being developed on Dundee Road in Wheeling. Russell Lissau | Staff Photographer, January 2021
Updated 5/7/2021 2:57 PM
Currently in a building that s nearly six decades old, Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 officials are considering moving their administrative center to a mixed-use development being built next door, while welcoming a host of social service agencies under their roof.
The district s proposed community service and administration center would be within the 11.5-acre site being developed as London Crossing by Mount Prospect-based Wingspan Development Group. Wingspan s sister company, Nicholas & Associates, is the construct
Suburban Chicago woman gets 6.5 years for labour trafficking
This March 29, 2019 photo provided by the Kendall County Sheriff s Department in Yorkville, Ill., shows Concepcion Malinek. Malinek has pleaded guilty to a federal labor charge for helping several people from Guatemala enter the U.S. and then forbidding them from leaving her home until they paid off their debt to her. The U.S. Attorney s Office says Malinek of Cicero, Ill., pleaded guilty Tuesday, July 28, 2020, to one count of labor trafficking. Prosecutors said she admitted helping 10 Guatemalan immigrants with illegally entering the U.S. from 2009 to 2019. (Kendall County Sheriff s Department via AP)
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