Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 31
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9:04 AM CDT on May 31, 2019
- Active Trans Blasts Lack of Transparency in Riverwalk Bike Ban, Redesign
- MPC: Illinois Should End the Roads-For-Votes System and Make Transpo Decisions Based on Need (NPR)
- Police: Driver Was on Phone When She Fatally Struck Troy Mitchell, 37, in Franklin Park (Fox)
- Police Chase Results in the Death of Bystander Suos Khloth, 60, in Joliet (CBS)
- Video: Trooper Is Dragged While Trying to Stop Driver, Then Chases Him After Crash (CBS)
- The Form-Over-Function Belmont Blue Line Station Canopy Has Already Sprung a Leak (Block Club)
- Boystown Gets Rainbow and Transgender Rights Flag Crosswalks (Sun-Times)
- New Lenox Soldier Surprises Daughter With Bike Donated by Local Teens (ABC)
- Meet Jeff Crittenden, Owner of Elgin’s Village Pedaler Bike Shop (Tribune)
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