Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, September 18
- $9.5M city settlement for cyclist Catalin Dumitrescu, who crashed on Hyde Park tracks (Sun-Times)
- Driver fatally struck Brian Wilson, 37, in North Chicago Friday (Daily Herald)
- CBS provides more info about River North crash victim Elizabeth Boshardy, 29, a data scientist
- Speeding male driver, 44, critically injured after crashing into pole, building on Goose Island (Sun-Times)
- Veterans, elected officials celebrate renovated Metra Healy station, new murals (Block Club)
- Downtown Red Line trains were rerouted to elevated yesterday due to person on tracks (CBS)
- Meeting on N. LSD reconstruction from Montrose to Lawrence 9/26, 6 PM Truman College (Cappleman)
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– John Greenfield, editor, Streetsblog Chicago
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