Today’s Headlines for Monday, June 29
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9:06 AM CDT on June 29, 2020
- Hit-and-run driver arrested after fatally striking Isaac Martinez, 13, on his bike in Ashburn (Tribune)
- Convicted murder charged in slaying of Brandon McGhee, 23 outside Logan station (Sun-Times)
- 6 hurt after CTA bus driver crashes into building after being struck by hit-and-run driver (Sun-Times)
- Man suffers minor injuries after lying under oncoming Pink Line train in Lawndale (Sun-Times)
- Milwaukee redesign between Western and California will strip parking, add curb protection (Block Club)
- Mary Schmich, who floated the idea of Social Distancing Ambassadors, interviews SDAs (Tribune)
- 89-unit apartment building proposed a ten-minute walk from Highland Park Metra (Tribune)
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