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Today’s Headlines for Monday, August 24

By John Greenfield | Aug 24, 2020 | No Comments

Man charged with the stabbings of four homeless men on CTA and in Grant Park (ABC) Driver killed cyclist Jan Kopec, 83, Friday 6 PM in the 5100 block of S. Archer (Sun-Times) Ashburn doughnut shop asks for public’s help after van driver smashes into storefront (Block Club) ATA looks at mobility in the time […]

Today’s Headlines for Friday, 21

By John Greenfield | Aug 21, 2020 | No Comments

RTA, CTA, Metra, and Pace team up to lobby for $32B for transit in COVID aid bill (Crain’s) Lightfoot defends ban on protests near her house, saying she regularly receives threats (Block Club) CPD searching for suspect after 4 homeless men stabbed, 1 fatally, in separate CTA attacks (ABC) Cyclist Mark Goodman, 56, died from […]

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday August 20

By John Greenfield | Aug 20, 2020 | No Comments

Metra projects $682M in lost revenue amid COVID-19 ridership decline (Tribune) Garfield Green plan aims to spur growth, maintain affordability on W. Side (Block Club) Hit-and-run driver seriously injured male pedestrian in the 4400 block of West Lake (WGN) Officers: Person stole squad car, crashed into parked vehicle in South Shore (ABC) Historic Long Grove […]

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 19

By John Greenfield | Aug 19, 2020 | No Comments

ATA launches petition to stop city from using transit, Divvy shutdowns as a civil unrest response ATA: Chicago’s budget needs to advance bus and bike lanes CTA eyes new power station in Avondale to enable more service on Blue Line (Block Club) Navy Pier flyover on track for completion by end of year (Sun-Times) ATA […]

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, August 18

By John Greenfield | Aug 18, 2020 | No Comments

The Tribune looks at how the COVID bike boom is affecting clubs and shops Driver fatally struck Hee Park, 81, in crosswalk near Glenview (Patch) Several arrested after River North multi-car crash involving CPD squad car (ABC) A NW Indiana resident offers tips for people getting back into biking (Tribune) The Chainlink owner wants to […]

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