Today’s Headlines for Thursday, June 28
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9:45 AM CDT on June 23, 2022
- Lincoln Square block party honors Rafi Cardenas, 2, and other kids lost to traffic violence (NBC)
- Vasquez asks cyclists to join the fight against Beale’s ordinance to allow 9 mph speeding: “It’s game time”
- More coverage of yesterday’s eventful City Council meeting (Block Club, Sun-Times)
- Letter: 6 mph minimum for a speed camera ticket in Chicago is appropriate (Tribune)
- 2 killed, and four injured Tuesday when driver of sped into oncoming traffic in Homer Glen (NBC)
- CTA driver injured after group throws rocks at bus in West Woodlawn (ABC)
- Family of Christina Lopez, 72, grandmother killed in Clarendon hills Metra crash files lawsuit (Sun-Times)
- Raised crosswalks, bump-outs coming to North Center as crossing guards battle “aggressive drivers” (Block Club)
- Metra breaks ground on new Auburn Park station, facility set to open in 2024 (CBS)
- ATA: Register for Bike the Drive Thursday morning before prices go up at noon
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