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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