Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, July 22
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10:27 AM CDT on July 22, 2020
- Truck driver killed Domingo Duran Soriano, 78, on Hoffman Estates sidewalk (Sun-Times)
- Prosecutors: Driver who killed Patricia Wickers, 76, was high on PCP, drove 76 mph (Sun-Times)
- WBEZ looks at the issue of police confiscating 76 bikes at Friday’s Columbus protest
- Metra asks STB for injunction against Union Pacific to maintain commuter service (Trains)
- Metra increases grant for new Clarendon Hills station in downtown revitalization project (Tribune)
- Grant Park infrastructure is crumbling, advisory council warns (WTTW)
- Why are so many cyclists crossing Rt 14 at Dundee Rd in Palatine? (The Chainlink)
- Bluesman and CTA bus driver Toronzo Cannon discusses life during the pandemic (Reader)
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