Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, January 6

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  • Minivan driver arrested after killing woman, 62, standing near a crosswalk in Logan Square (Tribune)
  • Driver faces citations after high-speed head-on Gresham crash injures 3 (NBC)
  • Year-old video released of officer running over woman with SUV, pinning her for 8 minutes (Tribune)
  • Red Trains between Belmont, Addison will be replaced by shuttles this weekend (Block Club)
  • NYC has a bike parking shortage, sees Chicago as a role model (NY Post)
  • Lines start at 3:30 AM, stretch for blocks at newly reopened secretary of state offices (Block Club)
  • Group wants plover nesting ground added to Montrose Beach nature preserve (Block Club)

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, January 5

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  • More coverage of the launch of Fair Transit South Cook (Sun-Times, ABC, WGN)
  • 6 mph speed cam threshold, city gas tax hike, and new meter rates kick in (Block Club)
  • ISP trooper among 3 injured in crash on Eisenhower Expressway (CBS)
  • Man, 53, caught in crossfire at 69th Street Red station Monday afternoon (CBS)
  • Unlike Metra, CTA didn’t offer free rides on New Year’s eve this year (CBS)
  • Teachers work outside in 27-degree weather to protest CPS reopening plan (Block Club)
  • A friendly reminder from ATA: Shovel your sidewalk

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, January 4

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  • Watch Preckwinkle launch Fair Transit South Cook 11 AM today on her Facebook page
  • Jobs in shipping, e-commerce are booming, but they’re often inconveniently located (ADG)
  • 2 CPD officers hospitalized after crash on East 70th Street (CBS)
  • Allegedly speeding driver charged with homicide for crash that killed his cousin (Sun-Times)
  • Vehicle found from 12/23 crash that killed Giovanne Bucio and Araceli Gutierrez (NBC)
  • Shoreline renovations at Arthur Ashe Beach Park in South Shore start Monday (Block Club)
  • Chainlink thread launched to discuss local trail conditions during winter

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Today’s Headines for Thursday, December 31

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  • City of Chicago seeks input on redesign of Western between Addison and Howard
  • Some “people wiping out on the LFT and getting soaked with freezing water” porn from ABC
  • Park District postpones in-person programming due to COVID-19 (Block Club)
  • Pedicab Dan will pick up your old Christmas tree and recycle it (WTTW)
  • Physical activity, including biking, helped one man regain his health during COVID (Tribune)
  • Once-gritty Pilsen rail viaduct transformed into an outdoor gallery (Sun-Times)
  • Chicago should rename Lake Shore Drive for DuSable, but we don’t need to drop LSD (Reader)

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, December 30

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  • CTA announces disposable mask dispensers to be added to some Chicago buses (ABC)
  • Churro Waffle family mourns Giovanny Bucio and aunt Araceli Gutierrez, killed in Gage park (Block Club)
  • Evanston’s Main St. corridor is slated for pedestrian improvements (Evanston Roundtable)
  • The city’s Shared Cost Sidewalk Program opens to applications on 1/11 (Block Club)
  • Forty Acres, a Black-owned grocery store, is coming to Austin food desert (Block Club)
  • Marquette Bank hosts Christmas Without Cancer’s annual bike contest (Beverly Review)
  • Camping was a great escape from the pandemic this year (Sun-Times)
  • Here’s a guide to good hiking routes in the region (Reader)

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, December 29

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  • Former ald. Joe Moreno, already facing felony charges, crashes into 8 parked cars (ABC)
  • The Washington Park Christmas tree has been vandalized three times (Block Club)
  • Here’s where you can recycle Christmas trees in Chicago (Block Club)
  • Developer seeks to build 32K SF of retail with 176 spaces on E. Pilsen vacant lot (Block Club)
  • New Midnight Merauders bike group formed (no, not the old Midnight *Marauders* group)
  • Submit bike lane obstructions to Bike Lane Uprising and you might win a pair of Bar Mitts
  • Metra to offer free train rides, holiday schedule on New Year’s Eve (NBC)

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