Today’s Headlines for Monday, January 31

• 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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