Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 16
- Woman, 71, dies, after driving through solid red light in Mt. Greenwood, crashing into building (Sun-Times)
- Drivers have crashed into 2 different Naperville businesses in the past week (Tribune)
- Derailment halted Metra UP-West trains near Geneva (ABC)
- Metra BNSF train partially derailed in South Loop yard, no injuries (Sun-Times)
- Dangerous waves shut down parts of the Lakefront Trail, including near Fullerton (CBS)
- This is Stone exciting! Photos of progress on the bike bridge that Berny blocked (The Chainlink)
- How to get to the [cough] Air and Water Show, or avoid the noise by going car-free camping (Patch, Reader)
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– John Greenfield, editor, Streetsblog Chicago
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