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CTA holding virtual job fair looking to hire full-time bus drivers (ABC 7) Chicago road repairs after long winter are now underway (WGN) Lightfoot proposes offering gas cards and Ventra credits to struggling commuters (Sun-Times) Chicago ride hail drivers rally in Noble Square for better pay amid rising gas prices (ABC 7) Designing more welcoming […]

Residents report long lines of cars for Willie Wilson’s $1M gas giveaway in Grand Crossing, Irving Park, The Gap Latest news reports on Wilson’s publicity stunt (Sun-Times, ABC, CBS, WGN) Wilson refused to compensate municipalities for police OT: “I’m a taxpayer. I pay a lot of taxes… So no.” (CBS) Loyola editorial: “Millionaires paying for […]

Chicagoans could vote on ward map for first time in 30 years as alderpeople send rival version to ballot (Block Club) Man charged with DUI after 3-car Highland Park crash (Tribune) Anti-gentrification Ald. Maldonado is puts 606-adjacent home on market for nearly $2.4 million (Block Club) Sun-Times checks in with group bike ride organizers from […]

Lightfoot will provide update on CTA safety hours after man, 25, shot in stomach on Red Line near 63rd (NBC) Chicago Loop Alliance ambassadors will begin patrolling and giving directions at Metra station (Loop North) Officials: 4 killed after driver tried to beat freight train at a crossing at 155th/Halsted in Harvey (ABC) Hit-and-run drivers […]

Business owner wants safety upgrades at Hubbard/Halsted after too many “bloody” crashes (CBS) Police: Man, 69, and woman, 66, killed in Pullman vehicle crash (ABC) Driver struck and critically injured man, 41, on Divvy yesterday afternoon at Balbo/DLSD 2 children seriously injured in right-angle crash at 87th/Constance (ABC) 2 different shootings at Grand Red, including […]

SBC sponsor Keating Law wins $213,000 settlement for woman doored in Washington PBL (Block Club) Northbound lanes of Stevenson reopen near Damen after 2-car crash that killed one person (NBC) Six hurt in I-90 crash Sunday near Arlington Heights (Daily Herald) Police release image of car whose driver struck child, 3, in stroller in West […]

Police confirm missing Round Lake man boarded Metra train before his disappearance last month (LMS) Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen members ratify new Metra contract (Progressive Railroading) Metra is running MED trains overnight to keep overhead wires from accumulating ice (ABC) The U. of C. Maroon newspaper looks at the current local and global […]

Wrong-way driver killed after striking multiple vehicles on I-80 near Markham (Fox) Speeding driver critically injured after causing 3-car crash on 4-lane Sheridan Rd. in Beach Park (CBS) Driver cuts-off 2 state troopers responding to single-vehicle collision, causing 5-car crash on I-94 (Fox) Driver credited with evacuating school bus stalled on Metra tracks in Orland […]

Driver fatally struck Adam Ellerman, as he walked besides Chicago Heights road that lacked a sidewalk (Patch) SUV driver dies after rear-ending semi truck at 40th/Pulaski early Sunday morning (NBC) Driver runs red in Highland, IN, killing female motorist from Munster, 70 (NBC) Driver suffers broken leg after running red at 11th/State and striking snow […]

Aldermen slam CTA, hold up $26.1M in funding after agency fails to send rep to meeting (Sun-Times) To deter crime on CTA, License Committee approves stiffer penalties for reselling stolen phones (Sun-Times) Blue Line O’Hare branch’s $207M signal upgrade project reaches final stage (Railway Technology) 1st Ward PB election funds 6 livable streets projects, including […]

Strange bedfellows: DSA Ald. Jeanette Taylor complains about speed cams to right-wing Illinois Policy Like Illinois Policy, CBS published a graph that shows 6 mph ticketing rule is encouraging safer driving Driver allegedly kidnapped Good Samaritan after Indiana crash, forced him to drive him to Chicago (NBC) Injuries from icy sidewalks add more stress to […]

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 […]