Today’s Headlines for Thursday, January 6

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  • Activist asks CTA unions to shut down the system if Jason Van Dyke isn’t federally charged (Fox)
  • No school Thursday as CPS, union standoff continues over in-person learning (Block Club)
  • Police release photos of Jeep whose driver killed pedestrian at Belmont/Menard on NYE (WGN)
  • Police: Female motorist killed in Antioch after veering into path of semi driver (Tribune)
  • Driver charged with homicide, DUI in wrong-way Oak Park crash that killed female driver, 67 (WGN)
  • North Lawndale News amplifies misleading Illinois Policy report on speed cameras
  • R.I.P. former CTA bus driver Walter Daniel Edmonds, 93 (Legacy)

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, January 5

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  • CPS classes canceled Wednesday after Chicago Teachers Union votes to refuse in-person schooling (Tribune)
  • Metra asks regulators to order Canadian Pacific to provide more merger-related data (Trains)
  • In 2021, more than 1,300 people died in car crashes in Illinois, the highest number since 2005 (INR)
  • Berwyn carjacking suspects spur Illinois State Police chase on Eisenhower Expressway before crash (ABC)
  • Friend of Sophie Allen who survived the deadly crash says she “will not rest” until suspect is convicted (CBS)
  • Motorists stranded on Virginia Interstate, reminiscent of Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive in 2011 (Fox)
  • West Town pub blames vaxx card requirement, delay in patio approval for month-long closure (Block Club)
  • Axios readers say they’re walking, biking, and skiing to stay healthy during the pandemic

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, January 4

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, January 3

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  • Buyk, a grocery bike delivery company, expands to Chicago with 7 stores (Block Club)
  • Driver fatally strikes man, 59, crossing the street at intersection of 2 multilane roads in Elgin (Tribune)
  • Wrong-way sports car driver kills himself, 2 other motorists on New Year’s Day at 5:15 AM on I-290 (NBC)
  • Evanston offered free garage and lot parking last weekend to facilitate snow removal (CBS)
  • Great Cities Institute staffer proposes pedestrianizing Chicago commercial streets (Sun-Times)
  • Avondale’s Woodard Plaza may be renamed Solidarity Triangle in a nod to Polish community (Block Club)
  • Franklin Park’s Franklin Ave. will be widened from 2 to 5 lanes, project includes side path (Tribune)
  • A look at the CTA’s least-busy station, Kostner Pink, was a top Chicago Mag story of 2021

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