Today’s Headlines for Friday, December 11
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9:19 AM CST on December 11, 2015
- Metra Finally Enters the Modern Era With Free Wi-Fi at All Downtown Stations (Crains)
- MPC: Our Tenacious Advocacy for Union Station Improvements Is Paying Off
- IDOT Secretary Blankenhorn Received Court Supervision After a 2004 DUI Arrest (NWI Times)
- Police Seeking SUV Driver Who Killed Senior in Jeff Park, Fundraiser Launched for Family (DNA)
- Aurora Teen Charged With Reckless Homicide After Drag Racing Death (Sun-Times)
- 6 People Arrested During Jefferson Park DUI Sting (DNA)
- New Streeterville Hotel Would Have No Onsite Parking, Instead Using Existing Garage Spots (DNA)
- Buena Park Development Approved, Despite Neighbors Concerns About Losing a Parking Lot (DNA)
- CTA Holiday Train Rides the Blue Line Today and Tomorrow (DNA)
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