Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 25
- 70 percent of pedestrians stopped and frisked by CPD officers are Black (ABC)
- Lyft to add over 220 jobs in Chicago, create new drivers’ center along the Kennedy (Tribune)
- Man, 33, killed in Loop when his cab driver failed to yield when turning left (Sun-Times)
- Driver fatally struck man, 31, in unincorporated Crystal Lake (Sun-Times)
- Police officer struck man, 26, outside the 47th Street Red station, critically injuring him (ABC)
- 2 people are in serious condition after crash on the Kennedy Expressway (CBS)
- Metra will provide early getaway trains on Halloween (ABC)
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Thanks for your support, and enjoy your autumn.
– John Greenfield, editor, Streetsblog Chicago
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