Today’s Headlines for Friday, July 24
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8:56 AM CDT on July 24, 2015
- Chicago Mag‘s Whet Moser Discusses The 606 & The Riverwalk With Emanuel
- Driver Fatally Strikes Chuck Huang, 75, in Wheaton, No Charges Filed (Tribune)
- Police Dash-cam Video Show the Crash That Killed Fredi Morales, 20, in Wheeling (Tribune)
- Suit Filed Against Officers Who Pursued the SuspectThat Fatally Struck Infant (Sun-Times)
- Witness: Bicyclist Attacked CTA Bus Driver in Lincoln Park (DNA)
- IL Should Consider Requiring Repeat DUI Offenders to Abstain From Alcohol (IL Policy)
- Ex-Bear Richard Dent Fined $924 for Speeding 107 MPH (Tribune)
- DUI Crackdowns in West Town, Wicker Park This Weekend (DNA)
- National Women’s Organization: All-Male Tollway Board Violates State Law (Tribune)
- 40 Mayors Endorse Rte. 53 Extension, Which Local Mayor Threatened to Blockade (Tribune)
- Gas Prices Dipped Below $3/Gallon for the First Time This Summer (Sun-Times)
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