Today's Headlines
Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 18
- Hit-and-run driver fatally struck female pedestrian, 70, in 6000 block of West Grand (ABC)
- 2 airlifted with serious injuries after driver strikes semi in northwest Indiana (NWI Times)
- Friends of entertainment lawyer Linda Mensch, 70, call for action, arrest in deadly Garfield Park hit-and-run (NBC)
- Metra joins fight against proposed freight merger that would impact northwest suburban tracks (WTTW)
- New developments set to revitalize Chicago's Ogden Avenue corridor (Urbanize)
- Daily Herald bike columnist: Shake off winter doldrums with bike paths featuring colorful murals, sculptures
- John discusses riding the Red and Blue lines for 12 hours last Friday night on City Cast Chicago podcast
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