Today’s Headlines
National headlines will return next year.
9:01 AM CST on December 31, 2014
- Developer Wants to Replace Garage at 600 S. Clark With Parking-Lite Apartments (Crain’s)
- 44th Ward Candidate Promises to “Ban the Cams,” Doesn’t Say How (Expired Meter)
- Teen Fatally Struck After He Got Out of Car to Inspect Damage From Prior Crash (CBS)
- Woman Who Was Left Paralyzed After Lakefront Bike Crash Is Suing the City (Tribune)
- Tribune: Uber Sexual Assault Case Raises Questions About How Drivers Are Screened
- Two More Graffiti Artists Charged With Vandalizing Purple Line Trains (Tribune)
- What a Jerk! Fire in Jamaican Restaurant Delays Green Line (WGN)
- What Would Lot Say? Morton Mishap Turns Acura Dealership Into a Pile of Salt (DNA)
- A Changing of the Guard at The Chainlink: Hochstadter Hands Over the Reins to Schuller
- Many Options for Free & Reduced-Price Rides for Tonight’s Revelers (Sun-Times)
National headlines will return next year.
In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John has written about transportation and more for many other local and national publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city and region on foot, bike, bus, and train.
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