Today’s Headlines for Thursday, September 2
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9:22 AM CDT on September 2, 2021
- 17-year-old-boy charged with murder of Keiwaun Crayton, 23, on Red Line near Garfield (CBS)
- Forest Glen finally gets its own neighborhood sign on the Elston Metra bridge (Block Club)
- Equiticity is hiring a mobility justice manager for North Lawndale
- Chicago Cross Cup cyclocross race series cancelled as a COVID precaution
- Win a free ticket to Bike the Drive this Sunday 9/5 (WGN)
- Pullman’s historic clocktower and railcar factory grounds reopen on Labor Day (Tribune)
- From September 12-19, Ride Illinois hosts “Let’s Ride, Illinois!” bike rides across the state
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