Today’s Headlines for Friday, September 3
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10:05 AM CDT on September 3, 2021
- Developer touts benefits of One Central “transit hub,” widely viewed as a boondoggle (Crain’s)
- More coverage of plan to improve safety at Logan/Western in the wake of 2 cyclist deaths (Block Club, CBS)
- Residents weigh in on the new traffic diverters on Logan and Kedzie boulevards (Block Club)
- SUV driver fatally struck Tyler Eberly, 15, on skateboard in Plainfield (Sun-Times)
- Delivery driver fatally struck female pedestrian in Niles alley (CBS)
- State trooper, 2 others injured in crash at 79th/Vincennes in Chatham (CBS)
- Hit-and-run, intoxicated driver who injured 3 people, 2 critically, gets misdemeanor (CBS)
- Chinese American Service League: Remap should create a new Chinese-majority ward (Sun-Times)
- Rodriguez-Sanchez: Developer is trying to rush project to avoid affordability requirements (Block Club)
- Englewood neighbors unhappy about plan for gas station at vacant land at 6700 S. Halsted (Block Club)
- U. of C. is building yet another parking garage (Urbanize)
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