Today’s Headlines for Monday, October 7
The Blue Line resumes normal service this morning (ABC 7) Increasing pickpocketing incidents on downtown trains and platforms (CBS 2) Privately operated bus crashed into bus shelter in Humboldt Park (Sun-Times) WBEZ looks into resolution forbidding aldermen from riding scooters Be on the lookout for deer in the roads, Mary Wisniewski writes (Tribune) Scooter startup … Continued
By
AJ LaTrace
10:08 AM CDT on October 7, 2019
- The Blue Line resumes normal service this morning (ABC 7)
- Increasing pickpocketing incidents on downtown trains and platforms (CBS 2)
- Privately operated bus crashed into bus shelter in Humboldt Park (Sun-Times)
- WBEZ looks into resolution forbidding aldermen from riding scooters
- Be on the lookout for deer in the roads, Mary Wisniewski writes (Tribune)
- Scooter startup Bird estimated value to be $2.5 billion (Fortune)
- The I-294 pedestrian bridge connecting Hinsdale and Western Springs to be removed (Tribune)
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