Today’s Headlines for Thursday, May 5

  • Hit-and-run driver killed Nick Parlingayan, 22, on bike at Milwaukee/Kilbourn in Irving Park (Sun-Times)
  • A trucker killed school counselor Carla Aiello, 37, on her bike at that intersection in November 2019
  • Hit-and-run driver killed male pedestrian, 35, this morning at 24th St./Cicero in west-suburban Cicero (ABC)
  • 5 people injured in CTA bus crash with 3 car drivers around 7:30 this morning on DLSD near 47th (Fox)
  • After bartender Victor Ortiz was injured in a Divvy bike crash, community is rallying to help him (Block Club)
  • Man, teen charged with robbing man at knifepoint at Roosevelt stop, 4th CTA attack in less than a week (ABC, NBC)
  • Construction for new Damen Green Line station finally begins Monday 5/16 (Ald. Burnett)
  • Buttigieg joins local officials to hail new Joliet transit hub for Pace, Metra and Amtrak (Tribune)
  • Harvey’s 147th Street Metra station to begin renovations next week (Fox)
  • UCLA study looked at Chicago cycling data to determine best practices for reallocating road space (Anderson Review)
  • New Metra paint scheme features Chicago flag-inspired design and city skyline image (Trains.com)

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