Today’s Headlines for Monday January 6
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8:48 AM CST on January 6, 2020
- Workers are digging 70-foot-deep shafts for the foundation of the Belmont Flyover (Block Club)
- Mark S. Brown, 47, killed in Aurora after fleeing traffic stop (Tribune)
- Child critically injured in 2-car Portage Park crash involving 10 people (CBS)
- Bystanders rescue driver after fiery crash at Mt. Prospect strip mall (CBS)
- 2 teenage girls charged in beating and robbery of pregnant woman on the Red Line near Chicago (ABC)
- Man repeatedly punched at Belmont is the latest in series of Red Line attack victims (CBS)
- Kiss & ride lot next to Midway ‘L’ stop rebuilt some 18 months after it was pointlessly demolished (Tribune)
- Meeting re: Lincolnwood curb-protected bike lane proposal Tuesday 6 PM at Village Hall (Background)
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