Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, August 31

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  • Chicago police pull over Black drivers 7 times more often than white drivers, state report shows (Block Club)
  • Chicago cop put on desk duty after grabbing Black woman walking dog in Lincoln Park (Block Club)
  • 2 killed when motorcyclist strikes pedestrian in Peotone, driver drags motorcyclist (Tribune)
  • 3 hospitalized after Amazon driver is involved in crash on I-290, truck bursts into flames (CBS)
  • Schedules for Metra Rock Island, North Central Service lines to change starting Tuesday 9/7 (CBS)
  • WGN checks out the Sundays on State car-free event series
  • Today is the last day for 1st Ward residents to submit proposals for PB election (Block Club)

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, August 30

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  • Man found dead on CTA Blue Line tracks in Jefferson Park (Sun-Times)
  • Driver struck people crossing Irving at Broadway, then hit a cyclist who was trying to help (ABC)
  • Driver was injured after crash into building near 79th and South Chicago Ave. (CBS)
  • NBC amplifies Romanelli’s call to spend $1.8B in transit funds to facilitate driving on Lake Street
  • Letter: Since CTA rush hours are less crowded now, can we drop bike restrictions on ‘L’? (Tribune)
  • SBC photo contributor Eric Allix Rogers campaigns against dusk closures of Wooded Isle
  • Runway changes at O’Hare draw mixed reactions from suburbanites (Herald)
  • Working Bikes, Chicago Neighbors United gave away 75 bikes to kids at Union Park (Sun-Times)
  • There a FB discussion group tracking a white van reportedly used for randomly egging pedestrians

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 27

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  • Pritzker enacts indoor mask mandate, vaccines for teachers, college students, healthcare workers (Tribune)
  • Napolitano opposes 297 units, 59 affordable, with 270 car spots planned near Cumberland stop (Block Club)
  • Mixed-income development at 63rd and Maryland gets plan commission approval (Hyde Park Herald)
  • Rehab of Irving Park from river to Ravenswood includes “about 17” sidewalk bump-outs (Block Club)
  • Road rage may have played a role in shooting that ended with driver crashing into Giddings Plaza (Block Club)
  • City investigating COVID-19 cases tied to Market Days, a fest celebrating LGBTQ pride (Block Club)
  • Jackson Park’s Wooded Island will be gated at dusk to curb “criminal activity” (Block Club)
  • Ald. Ramirez-Rosa discusses the “Candyman” remake and the destruction of Cabrini Green

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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, August 26

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  • Tribune editorial: Set too low, speed cams tickets hundreds of thousands of speeders
  • Massive Goose Island development poised to get initial approval from city (Block Club)
  • New Lenox teen airlifted to Loyola after head-on crash with truck on Laraway Road (Tribune)
  • Man charged in CTA hammer attacks; Transit union holds protest for safer working conditions (CBS)
  • Police issue alert about group that robbed 3 people of Divvy bikes downtown this past weekend (CBS)
  • Concrete falls on Kennedy Expressway from Metra bridge In Jefferson Park (CBS)
  • That giant white dome on Grand in Ukrainian Village is a salt storage dome (Block Club)

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