Today’s Headlines for Monday, August 30
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8:59 AM CDT on August 30, 2021
- Man found dead on CTA Blue Line tracks in Jefferson Park (Sun-Times)
- Driver struck people crossing Irving at Broadway, then hit a cyclist who was trying to help (ABC)
- Driver was injured after crash into building near 79th and South Chicago Ave. (CBS)
- NBC amplifies Romanelli’s call to spend $1.8B in transit funds to facilitate driving on Lake Street
- Letter: Since CTA rush hours are less crowded now, can we drop bike restrictions on ‘L’? (Tribune)
- SBC photo contributor Eric Allix Rogers campaigns against dusk closures of Wooded Isle
- Runway changes at O’Hare draw mixed reactions from suburbanites (Herald)
- Working Bikes, Chicago Neighbors United gave away 75 bikes to kids at Union Park (Sun-Times)
- There a FB discussion group tracking a white van reportedly used for randomly egging pedestrians
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