Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, June 24
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8:59 AM CDT on June 24, 2015
- Witnesses: Man Was Riding Bike on Blue Line Tracks Before He Was Electrocuted (Tribune)
- 1 Killed, 2 Injured in Crash in Hubbard’s Cave on the Kennedy Expressway (Tribune)
- Toddler Injured by Driver in Hoffman Estates, Days After Young Girl Was Fatally Struck (Sun-Times)
- Mundelein Trustee Refuses to Step Down After DUI Charges, Pressure From Mayor (Tribune)
- Yellow Line Closure Means CTA Can’t Access Largest ‘L’ Car Repair Facility by Rail (Tribune)
- Burns Urges Residents to Ride Pershing Bus on Weekends So CTA Doesn’t Cut Service (DNA)
- CTA Announces Extended Bus Route to the Beaches (DNA)
- Emanuel: We’ve Repaved 65 Miles of Streets This Year, 300 Planned (Mayor’s Office)
- Don’t Panic: Ads for The 606 Are Funded by Trust for Public Land, Not the City (DNA)
- Police, Bicycling Ambassadors Will Be Doing Targeted Enforcement of Bike Laws (DNA)
- Thanks to Rock-Throwing Thugs, Mall Agrees to Stop Booting DQ Customers’ Cars After 9 p.m. (Tribune)
- Presented Without Comment: People Smash a Car With Baseball Bats to Fund ALS Research (DNA)
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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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