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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, December 17

9:01 AM CST on December 17, 2020

    • Metra, Amtrak inform STB of remaining issues in Chicago Union Station dispute (Trains)
    • O'Hare employee Jijo George, 35, crushed to death while working on airport vehicle (Sun-Times)
    • Hit-and-run driver injured male pedestrian, 41, at Armitage/Kedzie in Logan Square (Sun-Times)
    • Council approves plan to convert part Of Lincoln Park church into apartments (Block Club)
    • Chicago base nonprofit Dare2Tri donates adaptive bikes to youth with disabilities (WGN)
    • Uptown building has 10,000 lights, field of inflatables to bring joy during pandemic (Block Club)
    • O'Hare embraces Pete Buttigieg's description of the airport as a "place of romance" (Block Club)

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