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Today’s Headlines for Monday, January 31

9:17 AM CST on January 31, 2022

    • Driver fatally struck Adam Ellerman, as he walked besides Chicago Heights road that lacked a sidewalk (Patch)
    • SUV driver dies after rear-ending semi truck at 40th/Pulaski early Sunday morning (NBC)
    • Driver runs red in Highland, IN, killing female motorist from Munster, 70 (NBC)
    • Driver suffers broken leg after running red at 11th/State and striking snow plow, causing it to jump curb (CBS)
    • Plane sucks baggage cart into engine while skidding on snowy O'Hare airport tarmac, no injuries  (ABC)
    • Concrete is falling from ceiling of Buena underpass to LFT, creating hazard for trail users (CBS)
    • Parking ban in the 1400 and 1500 blocks Milwaukee to deter partying and crime passes (Block Club)
    • Mars Wrigley candy factory in Galewood is closing, Metra has no plans to change Mars station name (Sun-Times)
    • Residents can weigh in on renaming a NW Side park for poet Gertrud Kolmar, who died at Auschwitz (Block Club)

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