Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, January 4
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9:06 AM CST on January 4, 2022
- Hit-and-run driver charged with killing Malinda Massey, 52, who was waiting for bus in Auburn Gresham (ABC)
- Woman, 76, killed in two-car crash in southwest-suburban Sugar Grove on New Year’s Eve (Tribune)
- Word-of-mouth bike shop in Evanston garage offers repairs, inclusive space (Evanston Roundtable)
- Working Bikes gets a shoutout in The Conversation piece about community bike shops around the world
- New coffee shop open inside Palatine Metra station (Daily Herald)
- Chicagoland-based Allstate brings back Mayhem ad mascot (Crain’s)
- “77 Flavors of Chicago” Podcast visits restaurants in every community area (Block Club)

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