Today’s Headlines for Friday, December 20

• Sun-Times editorial: The Metra plan would help low-income South Siders, so Lightfoot should stop balking
• City seeking advisory councils on Lincoln Yards, The 78 (Block Club)
• ACLU Report Finds Chicago Police Traffic Stops Jumped by 200K in 2018 (WTTW)
• Boy, woman killed in 3-car crash on Route 59 near Lake Villa (Tribune)
• Metra UP-W trains delayed after woman drives under crossing gate and hits train (Sun-Times)
• Woman, CPD officer hurt in Englewood crash involving squad car (Sun-Times)
• Metra BNSF trains delayed this morning after mechanical failure (Sun-Times)
• New Lenox resident wins national bent wood challenge with lowrider bike (Tribune)

I’d like to give a big thanks to everyone who has donated so far this year to help us raise $50K by our January 1 deadline in order to win the $50K challenge grant from the Chicago Community Trust. Can you help us win the grant by chipping in? You can make a tax-exempt donation here.

Thanks for your support, and enjoy the holiday season.

– John Greenfield, editor, Streetsblog Chicago