Today’s Headlines for Thursday, February 10
- IL mask mandate ends 2/28; Chicago may nix mask and vax requirements by then as well (Block Club)
- 3 injured after police try to pull over driver of car possibly connected to armed robberies near 59th/State (CBS)
- Woman tried to reach around glass and grab driver of moving #66 bus in Noble Square, then bit him (ABC)
- Aurora may replace ped bridge over McCoy Drive seen as vital for students who walk to nearby school (Tribune)
- Sale of the 1,155-unit Ellyn Crossing site, located halfway between MD-W and UP-W lines, completed (JLL)
- Tours of Pullman homes — reflecting various periods in company’s history — are set to launch this spring (Block Club)
- Meet Daniel Powell, who's riding his bike to LA to raise money for Woodlawn community center (CBS)
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