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Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 19

9:19 AM CDT on May 19, 2017

    • One Man Dead, 4 Others Injured In Hit-And-Run Crash Near Willowbrook (CBS)
    • Driver Charged in Fatal Burr Ridge Hit-and-Run Crash (NBC)
    • Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Firefighter in Rogers Park Gets 10 Years Prison (Fox)
    • Bloomingdale Trail Use Increased by 15% This Year, According to Data From Counter (DNA)
    • Riverwalk Architect Discusses the Project on the Eve of Its Official Completion (Active Trans)
    • Crews Have Begun Installing Bikeway on Milwaukee Between Addison & Irving Park (DNA)
    • Upgrade of Clark N. of Albion, a Recommended Route, Doesn't Include Bikeway Infra (DNA)
    • Plan Commission Approves Jeff Park Tower With 114 Units, 200 Spaces (DNA)
    • A New Way to Play in Peoria: Bike Share Is Coming to The River City (WCBU)
    • All-Day Bloomingdale Trail Block Party on June 3

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