Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 3

• Emanuel Announces $10M Overhaul of Riverwalk From State Street to the Lake (Tribune)
• Protesters Took Over LSD, Streets of Lakeview During Anti-Violence March (Tribune)
• Gazette Chicago Gloats Over the Fact that the Ashland BRT Is Indefinitely Back-Burnered
• After Death of Luster Jackson, Support for Protected Bike Lanes on Stony (Block Club)
• Ex-Forest Preserve Worker Indicted for Homicide After Fatal On-the-job Crash (Tribune)
• 2 Teens Abducted From CTA Bus Stops, Sexually Assaulted Within 4 Days (Patch)
• Moody’s Boosts Outlook of CTA, RTA Debt (Crain’s)
• The Tribune Looks at the Divvy Theft Problem
• Batavia Offers Residents “Please Slow Down” Lawn Signs Before School Starts (Tribune)
• Metra to Lolla Goers: “Give Regular Commuters a Break,” Don’t Ride AM Trains (Herald)

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