Today’s Headlines for Thursday, April 27
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9:05 AM CDT on April 27, 2017
- When the Eisenhower Expressway Moved in, Who Was Forced Out? (WBEZ)
- Road Rage Sparks First Fatal Shooting on an Illinois Tollway, Officials Say (Tribune)
- Woman On Motorcycle Killed In Hanover Park Hit-And-Run Crash (CBS)
- Police Searching for Man Who Sexually Assaulted a Teen on the Milwaukee Ave. Bus (NBC)
- ATA, Tribune & DNA Looks at the Recent 50% Spike in Reported Bicycle Dooring Crashes
- Metra: UP NW Line to Be Slowed by 30 Minutes for Rail Work (Sun-Times)
- Dust in the Wind: Merchants Say Debris From Broadway Utility Work Is Pulverizing Sales (DNA)
- Evanston Will Purchase a New Divvy Station for the Dempster Purple Line Stop (DN)
- Divvy Is Awesome, But the Bikes Are Frickin’ Tanks (Medium Rare)
- Community Meetings on Red/Purple Modernization 5/4 and 5/11 (CTA)
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