Today’s Headlines for Monday, October 4
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9:08 AM CDT on October 4, 2021
- Metra begins $36.1M overhaul to Grayland Station in Irving Park, including new bridge (Block Club)
- Woman, 37, killed in hit-and-run crash following shootout in Irving Park (Tribune)
- 3, including a 1-year-old boy, hurt after shooting and crash on the Near North Side (ABC)
- 2 injured, 1 critically after driver runs red in Humboldt Park (Sun-Times)
- Man shoots at CTA bus in Gresham after altercation with people on board, no injuries (Sun-Times)
- Small business advocates want to limit tax breaks property owners can get on vacant storefronts (Block Club)
- Cook County launches court-based rental assistance program for people facing eviction (Block Club)
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