Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, October 24
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8:51 AM CDT on October 24, 2017
- Emanuel’s 2018 Budget Includes More Weekend Ticketing of Illegally Parked Cars (Tribune)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills 1 Pedestrian, Injures Another in Zion (Sun-Times)
- Semi Crash on I-90/94 Near 29th St. Closes Chinatown Feeder Ramp (ABC)
- After Drivers Crash Into Storefront, Petition Launched Asking for Traffic Controls at Diversey/Avers
- 1-Bedroom Rentals at New TOD at Milwaukee/Leavitt, Next to 606, Start at $2,195 (Tribune)
- Renderings of Tower Planned for Lot Across From Holy Name With 914 Units, 659 Spaces (Curbed)
- Hearings on Metra Fare Hikes Set for 11/1 in Homewood and 11/2 in Joliet (Southtown)
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