Illinois Tollway will patrol for stranded drivers during extreme cold
The Illinois Tollway will have maintenance workers on patrol around the clock through Monday to help stranded drivers during the extreme cold this weekend.
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The Illinois Tollway will have maintenance workers on patrol around the clock through Monday to help stranded drivers during the extreme cold this weekend.
If you hate slowing down for toll booths, you’re in luck. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
Customers are getting a text indicating they owe money for unpaid tolls. It includes a link and a specific toll amount owed.
Sticker tags started being sold at customer service centers late last month.
The Illinois Tollway system instituted tolling reform last year, under which the penalty for a missed toll went down from $20 to $3. The reduction was supposed to streamline processing at Tollway call centers.
All they want to do is pay their tolls, but driver after driver says it is not as simple as it sounds – and now, it is costing them even more.
Route 390 from I-290 to Route 83 running along Thorndale Avenue opens as a cashless tollway on November 1st.
Reconstruction won't happen until at least 2020, but design planning and advance work on the Central Tri-State Tollway (Interstate 294) will begin as early as 2018 between Balmoral Avenue in Rosemont and 95th Street in Oak Lawn.
The Quinn administration has expanded a job training program that helps people get jobs in the construction industry, on the heels of news the state's unemployment rate dropped to 7.1 percent in June, its lowest level in nearly six years.
The Illinois Tollway's Customer Service Committee recommended last week giving drivers 30 days to respond to each of three violation notices that are sent out, increasing the total number of days from 56 to 90.
The Illinois Tollway is resorting to potential embarrassment to put pressure on businesses that routinely fail to pay their tolls.
The Illinois Tollway received final approval Thursday to construct the Elgin O'Hare Western Access Project, a $3.4 billion project to provide congestion relief projected to save drivers $145 million a year in time and fuel costs.
If you haven't paid your tolls in Illinois, expect to hear from the Tollway soon.
You need to take a close look at your account, if you use a tollway I-PASS. Drivers with certain license plate numbers are finding they are being charged for other people's tolls.
Tolls went up in Illinois nearly a year ago, but if you think most drivers took alternate routes to avoid paying more, you'd be wrong.
New figures show fewer drivers than expected have abandoned the Illinois toll roads since the fees nearly doubled.
Gov. Pat Quinn and officials at the Illinois Toll Highway Authority have announced plans to install electric car charging stations across the system.
A major highway project in the northern suburbs will mean detours and require a hefty dose of patience.
A story out Friday morning is sure to cause grumbling among those who use the Illinois Tollway system.
A new report says overtime pay for people who work for the Illinois Tollway system was nearly $4 million last year.
An effort reportedly is underway to make life easier for motorists who occasionally use Illinois toll roads.
Passenger car travel on the Illinois Tollway decreased during the first week of the new year, since higher tolls went into effect Jan. 1.
If you have been worried about your I-Pass tracking your every move, a policy change could put your mind at ease.
The New Year is bringing pain in the pocketbook for a lot of Chicagoans, because of a list of higher fees for everything from parking to tolls.
A Cook County judge has rejected an anti-tax advocate's bid to block the nearly 90 percent rate hike scheduled to go into effect on the Illinois Tollway system next year.
Bears general manager Ryan Poles said there was a common theme to the free agents they are bringing in this offseason, saying the team "wanted to get faster, more explosive" with guys that are "passionate about football."
Two days after a devastating tornado ravaged their home and hundreds of other buildings in Kankakee County, an Aroma Park couple is already planning to rebuild, and not losing their sense of humor during a difficult time.
Jennifer Runyan, FBI Detroit's special agent in charge, said only one person was involved in the incident and confirmed that the person is deceased. His identity and motive are unknown.
Attorneys for the family of a woman killed in a crash during a high-speed police chase in 2017 say officers involved failed to activate their body cameras or turned them off during the pursuit.
A new specialized unit is being created to prosecute domestic violence homicides in Cook County, as these killings surged 15% last year, even as overall violent crime declined across Chicago.
The Senate failed for a fourth time to advance a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, with no deal in sight.
A new Iowa law bans local nondiscrimination protections on the basis of gender identity after the state became the first in the U.S. to roll back its civil rights code last year.
Illinois state Rep. Kam Buckner (D-Chicago) announced Wednesday that he has introduced legislation to rename part of Chicago's Dan Ryan Expressway in honor of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson.
A former Illinois mayor who is the subject of a federal investigation has taken her political aspirations to the metro Atlanta area.
Mayor Brandon Johnson has called off – for now – a bid to impose new polling place protections in Chicago in an attempt to prohibit federal immigration agents from entering so-called "democracy zones" while voters are at the polls.
It's become an annual March Madness tradition at CBS Chicago, pitting our city's best eateries in direct competition in a foodie bracket challenge. We did pizza, we've done Italian beef, we've done Chicago dogs. This year, we're taking flight with wings.
For Cook County residents hoping to lower their property tax bills, applications are open for exemptions.
Officials in the north Chicago suburb of Wilmette issued a warning Tuesday about scammers who are impersonating representatives of village departments.
The war with Iran is causing gas prices to surge, with motorists in Chicago and around the country guaranteed to feel the impact at the pump Monday morning.
There's no relief in sight for drivers at the pump as the war in Iran is directly driving up the cost of gas. Analysts expect more of the same unless something changes soon.
A new Iowa law bans local nondiscrimination protections on the basis of gender identity after the state became the first in the U.S. to roll back its civil rights code last year.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday announced a $1.5 billion investment from biotherapeutics company CSL for a new plasma therapy manufacturing plant in Kanakee.
When a doctor was told there was no cure for his daughter's condition, he was motivated to transform not only her health, but the lives of thousands of others.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
Despite a rash of restaurant closures, veterans of the plant-based food business pushed back against prophecies of doom — and in one case argued that such closures notwithstanding, plant-based eating is only growing.
Two popular Chicago craft breweries – Half Acre Beer Co. and Maplewood Brewery & Distillery – announced on Tuesday they are merging to create a new "premier Chicago beverage company."
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday announced a $1.5 billion investment from biotherapeutics company CSL for a new plasma therapy manufacturing plant in Kanakee.
Capital One is laying off more than 1,100 workers at the former Discover headquarters in north suburban Riverwoods.
A new development at the southeast corner of Chicago's East Lakeview community would clear away a medical office building and replace it with a residential high-rise.
Comedy power couple Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally are starring in the Goodman Theatre's new musical coming this summer.
A play inspired by the story of Emmett Till has now been extended twice past its initial run at Collaboraction Theatre in Humboldt Park.
Jennifer Runyon, a Chicago native who became famous as an actress appearing in "Ghostbusters" and "Charles in Charge," died last week.
A woman was arrested on Sunday for firing multiple shots at the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna, Los Angeles Police Department officials say.
Actor and filmmaker Bruce Campbell told fans that he is in treatment for cancer and will cancel some upcoming public appearances.
Two days after a devastating tornado ravaged their home and hundreds of other buildings in Kankakee County, an Aroma Park couple is already planning to rebuild, and not losing their sense of humor during a difficult time.
Gusts will likely top 45 mph and possibly reach 55–60 mph early Friday morning as a cold front moves through around daybreak.
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun on Thursday got a close look at the damage in Lake Village, where a powerful tornado damaged dozens of buildings and killed two people on Tuesday.
Gov. JB Pritzker toured tornado damage in Kankakee County on Thursday, and said he’s confident that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will provide disaster assistance for storm victims, even though political friction between the governor and the Trump administration has gotten in the way of disaster relief funding for Illinois in the past.
The death of an innocent mother of six in a high-speed police chase in 2017 led to a $10.2 million verdict against the city of Chicago, but the city's attorneys appealed that verdict and won a new trial, only to later reverse course and recommend settling the case for nearly three times that amount, based on newly discovered evidence.
Communities across Kankakee County, Illinois, are waking up to another day of cleanup after an EF-3 ripped through the area, leaving major damage.
Restoration efforts continued in Northwest Indiana on Thursday after a massive tornado ripped through the town of Lake Village earlier this week — leaving an elderly couple dead.
Jennifer Runyan, FBI Detroit's special agent in charge, said only one person was involved in the incident and confirmed that the person is deceased. His identity and motive are unknown.
Attorneys for the family of a woman killed in a crash during a high-speed police chase in 2017 say officers involved failed to activate their body cameras or turned them off during the pursuit.
Two days after a devastating tornado ravaged their home and hundreds of other buildings in Kankakee County, an Aroma Park couple is already planning to rebuild, and not losing their sense of humor during a difficult time.
Attorneys for the family of a woman killed in a crash during a high-speed police chase in 2017 say officers involved failed to activate their body cameras or turned them off during the pursuit.
A new specialized unit is being created to prosecute domestic violence homicides in Cook County, as these killings surged 15% last year, even as overall violent crime declined across Chicago.
After a year of water bill complaints in Lisle, Illinois, the village board is officially moving forward with a plan to review those issues and possibly have the village take over for the private utility that supplies water to part of the village.
Two separate child abuse cases in Lake County, Illinois, are prompting questions about the roles schools play in identifying warning signs and alerting authorities.
A Chicago senior citizen said his phone has been ringing off the hook with hundreds of unwanted spam calls that have made his beloved landline virtually unusable. New efforts in Springfield could bring real relief.
Bears general manager Ryan Poles said there was a common theme to the free agents they are bringing in this offseason, saying the team "wanted to get faster, more explosive" with guys that are "passionate about football."
Northwestern now has a seven-game winning streak against the Hoosiers.
Chicago's Jalen Smith converted two free throws with 1.4 seconds left in regulation to send the game into OT, and Tre Jones contributed 22 points for the Bulls
The Detroit Lions are losing another player, this time it's wide receiver Kalif Raymond, who is reportedly heading to the Chicago Bears.
Chicago, which had lost three in a row, including a 4-3 setback to Dallas on Sunday night, has now won all three meetings with Utah this season, with the teams' fourth and final game of the season scheduled for Thursday night.
A new specialized unit is being created to prosecute domestic violence homicides in Cook County, as these killings surged 15% last year, even as overall violent crime declined across Chicago.
A man was shot and killed on the street in the midday hours Wednesday in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood.
Park rangers cited the four visitors, all from Illinois, for collecting and defacing park resources.
A woman has been charged in a road rage shooting that left someone injured this past weekend on the Dan Ryan Expressway.
A Lake County judge ordered a Fox Lake woman to remain behind bars on Tuesday, following her arrest on charges accusing her of abusing her 11-year-old son for years.
