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Safety Concerns Delay Investigation Of McCook Factory Explosion
In McCook, work crews began the job of shoring up a fire-damaged factory after an explosion last night tore through a metals grinding plant, reports CBS 2’s Derrick Blakely.
Illinois CEO Defends Calling Workers At French Plant Lazy
A plainspoken Illinois tire company executive was defending his labeling of workers at a French tire plant as “lazy,” after deciding not to buy the facility.
Former Soft Sheen Factory Site Could Become Mixed-Use Church Complex With School
CBS 2’s Pamela Jones reports the plans are part commercial – but mostly spiritual.
Chicago Family Passes Monster-Making Tradition To Next Generation
Zagone Studios is one of the biggest, most respected mask-makers in the world. Phil Zagone and his brother started the company 40 years ago, in a garage.
Workers At Window Factory Win Reprieve From Layoffs
Workers are going to have to start working like managers, now that they have won a 90-day reprieve for their jobs at a window plant on Goose Island.
Teen Due In Court In Arson That Destroyed Historic Clock Factory
Two teens have been charged with setting a fire in an historic clock factory in north central Illinois on New Year’s Eve.
Fire Breaks Out In Far South Side Factory
A fire broke out early this morning in a factory on the city’s Far South Side, just west of the Bishop Ford Freeway.
Extra-Alarm Fire On Near West Side
An extra-alarm fire broke out early Friday in an industrial district on the city’s Near West Side.
Fire Breaks Out In West Side Factory Building
An extra-alarm fire broke out Tuesday morning on the city’s West Side.
4 Charged With Stealing Aluminum From Factory
Four men have been charged in connection with the theft of tens of thousands of pounds of aluminum from a northwest suburban metal factory.
Firefighters Battle Extra-Alarm Factory Blaze
Firefighters are battling an extra-alarm blaze in an abandoned factory.
Extra-Alarm Fire Rages At Old Algonquin Factory
An extra-alarm fire is raging early Monday at an abandoned Toastmaster factory in Algonquin.
Man Crushed To Death At Nabisco Plant
An Oak Lawn man was apparently crushed to death at a factory on the Southwest Side factory early this morning.
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