Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, October
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9:00 AM CDT on October 6, 2021
- State continues to investigate road safety as 2 more people hit on 127th Street in Blue Island (Tribune)
- Driver fatally struck pedestrian Ramiro Castillo, 66, in Joliet (Patch)
- Hit-and-run driver injures boy, 4, on bike at Foster/Pulaski, later turns himself in (NBC)
- Man shot while riding Divvy at Kinzie/Milwaukee discusses his ordeal (Patch)
- Chicago Joe’s, a half-mile from the ‘L’, will be replaced with 39 units, 8 affordable, 9 spots (Block Club)
- Neon art coming to Edgewater storefronts impacted by CTA Red Line work (Block Club)
- Chicago-based United eliminates fees for traveling with a bicycle (travel pulse)
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