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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, October 21

8:31 AM CDT on October 21, 2020

    • Colorado, Ohio, Delaware, W. Virginia, Texas added to Chicago travel quarantine list (Block Club)
    • RTA sounds federal transit alarms as 2021 budget work begins (Bond Buyer)
    • Secretary of State announces IL teen driver deaths are down 74 percent since 2007 (WBBM)
    • 2nd man has died after a motorist drove off I-290 in Elmhurst and struck another vehicle (Sun-Times)
    • Lake County Sheriff's deputy injured in three-car crash near Mundelein (Daily Herald)
    • Rep. Kam Buckner's is facing charges after a DUI arrest outside of the Illinois State Capitol (HP Herald)
    • After Lightfoot told SBC indoor bar service isn't a major spread source, Pritzer says it is (Block Club)
    • Wear a costume and try Haymarket's new Bike Lane Uprising beer on 10/29, 6 PM

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