Illiana Expressway in hunt for private investors

Illiana Expressway planners have an aggressive schedule for bringing in private investors to build the road, releasing a timeline Thursday calling for a public-private partnership deal to be signed by the end of 2014.

ALNAC discusses strategy after Jackson

SOUTH HOLLAND | The Abraham Lincoln National Airport Commission held its first meeting since the resignation of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. on Monday at the South Holland Village Hall.

Airport plan might have been symptom for Jackson

Jesse Jackson Jr.’s obsession with the proposed Peotone airport might have been an early, unheeded warning sign of bipolar disorder, which often includes a tendency to make grand and unattainable plans.

Crete OKs resolution for locally controlled airport authority

CRETE | Tired of outside parties who do not understand their position on the proposed south suburban airport, officials from several communities have decided to ask for a locally controlled airport authority.

Judge schedules hearing on Peotone airport eminent domain challenge

JOLIET | A Will County judge on Friday scheduled a hearing for January to begin proceedings in the case of a rural family that wants to fight the state government's attempt to take their land by eminent domain to build an airport near Peotone.

Family challenging eminent domain use for Peotone airport

JOLIET | A Will County judge will be asked on Friday to schedule a hearing to consider the merits of a lawsuit by the state that seeks to take the property of a rural Will County family for use as part of the Chicago-area airport proposed near Peotone.

Start the holidays right with LARC

The latest newsletter from LARC showed up in our mailbox this week so I thought I would share some of the organization’s latest news. With the holidays coming up quickly now, it’s good to make room on the calendar for some time to give back.

EDITORIAL: Put Peotone airport on back burner

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn seems to have put the proposed Peotone airport on the front burner again. But this amounts to fiddling while Illinois burns.

Senator proposes South Suburban Airport Authority

SOUTH HOLLAND | Members of a commission aimed at building an airport in rural Will County support a proposal by state Sen. Toi Hutchinson, D-Olympia Fields, creating a South Suburban Airport Authority to oversee its construction.

Despite some doubts, Quinn keeps moving forward with third airport

SPRINGFIELD | Despite concerns that Illinois taxpayers could be financing an expensive boondoggle, the Quinn administration continues to move forward with plans to build a third Chicago-area airport.

3rd airport layout plan goes to FAA

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s staff said Thursday it submitted a draft layout plan to the Federal Aviation Administration for a proposed third Chicago-area airport in Will County.

Number of parcels purchased for airport inaccurate

In a story in Tuesday's Illinois edition regarding a third airport, the number of parcels purchased in Will County for development of the airport was inaccurately reported because of incorrect information provided by Gov. Pat Quinn's office. The state purchased 78 parcels of the 148 needed t…

Airport backers say lack of development is Gov. Quinn’s fault

SOUTH HOLLAND | After years of discussion, land purchases by the state and plans that seem to go nowhere, supporters of a new Chicago-area airport in rural Will County are now laying the blame for a lack of progress on the project at the feet of Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn.

Peotone forum discusses Illiana Expressway

PEOTONE | For Peggy Marchionda, Tuesday's joint Illinois/Indiana forum about the proposed Illiana Expressway was about figuring out the future course of her life.

Illiana Expressway hearings set for this week

Hearings to gather public comment on three proposed routes for the Illiana Expressway are on tap this week in Indiana and Illinois.

Illinois transportation officials pleased third airport site specified by FAA

GLENWOOD | Illinois Department of Transportation officials have learned exactly where a new airport proposed for rural Will County near Peotone would be constructed.

Teen survives cancer, now racing cars

Ryan Howard, 16, poses for a photo in a racing helmet outside his home in Peotone, Ill. Howard, who survived stage 4 cancer, is now a rookie driver in the entry-level, four-cylinder division at the Kankakee County Speedway.

Teen survives cancer, now racing cars

Ryan Howard, 16, poses for a photo outside his home in Peotone, Ill. Howard, who survived stage 4 cancer, is now a rookie driver in the entry-level, four-cylinder division at the Kankakee County Speedway.

Teen survives cancer, now racing cars

KANKAKEE, Ill. | Sometimes stock car racing fans come up and hug Margie Howard in the stands at the Kankakee County Speedway.

Blessing of proposed airport site arouses praise, ire

MONEE | More than 100 members of clergy and activists gathered on a plot of land between Monee, Peotone and Beecher for a symbolic blessing of the land where Illinois state officials say a new Chicago-area airport someday may be built.