Today’s Headlines for Thursday, March 26
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10:08 AM CDT on March 26, 2020
- Transit is getting a bailout from stimulus package, but more funds will be needed (Sun-Times)
- Cops shooed park users off the Lakefront Trail yesterday (Block Club)
- Police officers fenced off the trail early this morning (Block Club)
- Active Trans comes out against closure of trails during pandemic
- Some CTA bus lines are still dangerously crowded (FOX)
- 3 people at bus stop, including 2 children, injured in multi-vehicle crash in Englewood (ABC)
- Hit-and-run driver injured 4 people in West Town last night (Sun-Times)
- Former CDOT chief John LaPlante included in obits for coronavirus deaths (Tribune)
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