Today’s Headlines for Thursday, December 23

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  • CPS prepared to switch to remote in least-vaccinated areas if classroom cases spike (Block Club)
  • Driver who died after striking stopped semi in N. Chicago IDed as entrepreneur Slobodan Pavlovic, 83 (LMS)
  • Mother facing DUI charges after 6-year-old son ejected in Oak Lawn crash (NWI Times)
  • Demo begins just S. of Lake/Ashland station with 210 units, 32 affordable (YIMBY)
  • 43-story tower rising near Morgan station with 300 units, 60 affordable, 75 car spots (YIMBY)
  • What’s going on with the Clarence Darrow Bridge in Jackson Park? (Hyde Park Herald)
  • Plastic igloos installed along Argyle to help businesses survive another pandemic winter (Block Club)

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, December 22

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  • Woman, 68, struck by driver who ran red while waiting for bus in Grand Crossing has died (Fox)
  • Driver runs red, strikes another car, injures pedestrian, hits storefront in Rogers Park (Block Club)
  • Case of innocent Black teen jailed after Kankakee shooting highlights traffic stop inequalities (Tribune)
  • SWAT team called to ERIK’S Bike Shop in Skokie after break in (CBS)
  • Gage Park school raising money to create kindergarten bike education program (Block Club)
  • What’s the best way to get bike grease out of clothes? (The Chainlink)
  • The CTA will once again offer free rides on New Year’s Eve (Time Out)

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, December 21

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  • RTA board approves 2022 budget and 2022-2026 capital program (Mass Transit)
  • Op-ed: Integrating Metra Electric with ‘L’ system could help revitalize south lakefront (Crain’s)
  • Tribune columnist questions major raises for CTA, Metra chiefs during time of low ridership
  • Speeding driver strikes tree in 900 block of W. Pershing in Oakland, dies in fiery crash (Sun-Times)
  • Man, 83, dies after driving into stopped semi in North Chicago (LMCS)
  • Family of Tiffany Borre, 40, killed in hit-and-run crash, wants charges against the driver (NBC)
  • Man, 18, found shot and critically wounded Monday evening on Red Line train at 69th Street (CBS)
  • Alley at 4870 N. Milwaukee will become Jeff Park’s first pedestrian plaza (Block Club)

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