Today’s Headlines for Monday, January 31
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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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