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Ilana Arougheti

Amtrak’s new and refreshed train cars at Union Station Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Amtrak Executive Vice President Roger Harris in the refreshed Horizon Coach.
La Voz Chicago
Amtrak planea vagones modernizados y rutas nuevas para el Medio Oeste
A fines de 2023 o principios de 2024, llegarán nuevos vagones de trenes regionales a Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin y Missouri.
By Ilana Arougheti
 
Amtrak’s new and refreshed train cars at Union Station Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Amtrak Executive Vice President Roger Harris in the refreshed Horizon Coach.
Transportation
As Amtrak expands service, replaces cars, riders have high hopes
A second daily round trip between Chicago and St. Paul could serve riders as early as 2024, with new train cars on the way.
By Ilana Arougheti
 
The Kennedy Expressway will undergo a major rehab starting Monday, IDOT officials said.
La Voz Chicago
Trabajo de construcción de 3 años en el Kennedy Expressway causará demoras
IDOT insta a las personas a usar el transporte público si es posible o, si se dirige al centro de la ciudad por la mañana, despertarse más temprano porque su viaje tomará mucho más tiempo.
By Ilana Arougheti
 
The Kennedy Expressway will undergo a major rehab starting Monday, IDOT officials said.
Transportation
Kennedy Expressway construction begins Monday: Expect major delays
Stretches of the inbound Kennedy will be blocked between the Edens Expressway and Ohio Street as part of a three-year construction project that’s sure to cause misery.
By Ilana Arougheti
 
The Chicago River is dyed green in 2022 by members of Plumbers Union Local 130.
Religion
Corned beef OK on St. Pat’s day? For Catholics, it depends on where you live
The Archdiocese of Chicago won’t grant special permission to eat meat on St. Patrick’s Day, which falls on a Friday during Lent this year. The Joliet diocese takes a different approach.
By Ilana Arougheti
 
The 2023 Citywide Spelling Bee Championship winner Steven Jiang holds his trophy after the spelling bee at Robert Lindblom Math & Science Academy at 6130 S. Wolcott Ave on the South Side, Thursday, March 2, 2023. I Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
Education
CPS eighth grader Steven Jiang buzzes to victory in citywide spelling bee
Jiang, 13, outlasted 47 competitors to correctly spell “saturnine” and win this year’s contest. He advanced to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May.
By Ilana Arougheti
 
Oksana Mazur (center) and the rest of the choir at St. Nicholas Cathedral School in Ukrainian Village sing the Ukrainian national anthem during a vigil on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023 marking the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
News
Ukrainian students, refugees host prayer vigil on invasion anniversary: ‘I will remember this all my life’
St. Nicholas Cathedral School has welcomed dozens of Ukranian refugees to its student body this year.
By Ilana Arougheti and Violet Miller
 
In this June 14, 2006 file photo are U-Haul trucks sit on a dealer lot in Des Moines, Iowa.
Politics
Why are so many people leaving Illinois?
As of the last U.S. Census count, more people are moving out of Illinois than are coming in. The Chicago Sun-Times spoke with residents and demographers to find out why.
By Ilana Arougheti
 
CTA trains sit parked in a train yard south of the 95th Red Line station, on Chicago’s Southside, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere
Transportation
Regional mass transit needs more public investment, RTA chief says
Citing upcoming shortfalls in RTA’s operating budget, Kirk Dillard proposes improvements to CTA, Pace and Metra if public funding can be secured in upcoming years.
By Ilana Arougheti