Today’s Headlines for Friday, July 23
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8:59 AM CDT on July 23, 2021
- Sun-Times endorses redevelopment plan for Michael Reese, including new 27th St. Metra stop
- Chicago’s transit recovery is going better than peer cities like NYC, D.C. (CBS)
- Man driving Jeep hits another Jeep under Lake ‘L’, sending it crashing into supports, then shoots its driver (CBS)
- Truck driver crashes, spills gravel on 2 lanes of Bishop Ford, causing delays (NBC)
- After Hershel Weinberger’s death, Ald. Silverstein criticized for putting up “Caution: Children Playing” signs
- An update on plans to revamp the Glen Ellyn Metra station (Daily Herald)
- Sun-Times looks at the mural tributes to Black racer Major Taylor along his namesake bike trail
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