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Airport Survey Reveals Workers, Passengers Demand Fresher Food

Posted 03.12.2013 | Travel

A new survey by Unite Here Local 1, which represents more than 1,100 cooks, servers, bartenders and baristas at Chicago's O'Hare airport, reveals that...

Report Raises Questions About Near Misses At O'Hare

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 09.25.2012 | Chicago

CHICAGO -- Federal transportation investigators released a preliminary report Monday about two near midair collisions at Chicago's O'Hare Internationa...

'Green News Report' - March 20, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.20.2012 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Obama moc...

Airport Workers Fight For Job Security

Posted 02.28.2012 | Chicago

Hundreds of workers from Chicago's Midway and O'Hare airports will descend on City Hall Wednesday morning to attend a City Council meeting on the turn...

PHOTOS: Reunion At O'Hare Ends 22-Year Immigration Fight

Posted 10.08.2011 | Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — A Polish woman whose family was separated after the U.S. denied her a green card and deported her returned to the U.S. Monday with he...

Clout-Heavy Concessionaire Who Lost O'Hare Contract Sues City

Posted 10.05.2011 | Chicago

Though the two-year-long battle over the lucrative O'Hare International Airport terminal concessions contract appeared to come to an end last week whe...

Two Planes Collide On Tarmac At Chicago Airport

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.28.2011 | Chicago

CHICAGO (Associated Press) -- Two Delta Airlines aircraft have collided on the tarmac at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Delta spokeswoman ...

Last Night's Storm: Metra Riders Stranded For Hours, VP Biden Delayed

AP | HERB MCCANN | Posted 08.22.2011 | Chicago

CHICAGO — Thunderstorms and heavy winds pounded the upper Midwest Tuesday night, stranding Chicago commuter train riders for hours, forcing the ...

United Airlines Computer Problems Affect Flights Nationwide

Posted 08.17.2011 | Travel

By HERBERT G. McCANN, Associated Press CHICAGO - It could take several days for thousands of stranded travelers to get home after a United Airlines...

FAA: Controller's Error Nearly Caused Plane Crash At O'Hare

AP | Posted 07.19.2011 | Chicago

CHICAGO -- The Federal Aviation Administration says an error by an air traffic controller caused a close call this week between two planes operating a...

Why I Have the Greatest Job in the World

Rep. Bruce Braley | Posted 07.18.2011 | Politics
Rep. Bruce Braley

Sixteen hours of traveling, endless delays, torrential rains -- to most travelers, this sounds like the Trip from Hell. For me, it was a trip I'll never forget, and it will always be the best Friday the 13th of my life.

Stanley's Kitchen & Tap Lands At O'Hare

Audarshia Townsend | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Audarshia Townsend

Travelers will get to experience the down-home flavors for which the Lincoln Park institution has become known, including fried chicken, Southern-style brunch and more.

Mirror Ads Being Installed In Airport Bathrooms

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Advertisers are getting in your face, literally. If you're having trouble seeing your reflection in bathroom mirrors at O'Hare International Airport, ...

Thanksgiving Travelers Move Quickly Through Airports Despite Warnings

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

CHICAGO — The big Opt-Out looked like a big bust Wednesday as most of the Thanksgiving travelers selected for full-body scans and pat-down searc...

Bagging on Poonited's 'Customer Service'

Todd Hartley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Todd Hartley

You'd think that since this column concerns itself with stupid things, I would have had something to say about the airlines long ago. After all, there...

Baa Baa Baa

Michael Jones | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Michael Jones

If you want to know what government controlled health care will be like, look at the Orwellian mess at any American airport.

Midway Ranks Last In On-Time Departures... A Good Sign?

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Midway Airport has ranked last in on-time departures in a survey of major airports -- and that might not be such a bad sign. Two new sets of numbers ...

Which Way for O'Hare Express?

Curtis Black | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Curtis Black

Mayor Daley's vision for a high-speed train from O'Hare to a "superstation" under Block 37 at State and Randolph faces major hurdles.

UPDATE: City Approves Another $1 Billion For O'Hare Expansion

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

UPDATE: The city council approved the $1 billion bond measure for the O'Hare expansion project, but demurred on annexing 271 acres of neighboring B...

Suspected Of Terrorism 'Dry Run,' Yemeni Men Now Freed Without Charge

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Two Yemeni men arrested on arrival from the United States on suspicion they may have been conducting a dry run for an a...

A Beauty Junkie Goes Flying (Off the Handle)

Gerit Quealy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Gerit Quealy

I love to fly. Love it. Take-off and landing, bumpy or smooth. Don't even mind turbulence. What I do mind -- yep, here it comes -- is the business around flying.

Added Flights At O'Hare Could Lead To More Delays

Chicago Tribune | June 7, 2010 8:00 AM | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Travelers at O'Hare International Airport face delays this summer that could be easily avoided if the airlines simply overcame their penchant for jamm...

O'Hare Expansion: Bensenville Home Demolition To Begin Today

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

After long delays, work begins today to demolish more than 500 vacant homes and businesses in northwest suburban Bensenville to make way for the final...

Feds Seize $1.2M Of Chinese Knockoff Electronics At O'Hare

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Federal agents at O'Hare Airport intercepted 25 cartons of counterfeit electronics coming in from China and bound for Florida. An estimated $1.2 milli...

O'Hare Traffic Officer Demands $10 Bribe In Exchange For Dropping Parking Ticket

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

"Let's do something. You buy me lunch and don't worry about the camera. I'll work on it," Martinez said Hughes told her, his hand on her Nissan Rogue'...