Today’s Headlines for Thursday, July 14
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By
AJ LaTrace
8:39 AM CDT on July 14, 2022
- A bicyclist is in critical condition after being struck by a truck driver in Jefferson Park (Nadig Newspapers)
- CTA leaders vow to hire more operators and improve train and bus tracking system (Block Club)
- City’s 10-year planning proposal aims to address old wrongs (Sun-Times)
- The local 10-day Intelligentsia Cup cycling race series starts July 22 (Daily Herald)
- Former Logan Square Blue Line station location on track for affordable housing (Block Club)
- A motorcyclist was thrown from their bike in a hit-and-run crash on expressway (Fox 32)
- Museum Campus improvements make sense whether Bears stay or go, park advocates say (Sun-Times)
- Lime to start utilizing camera-based detection to prevent scooters from riding on sidewalks (Gizmodo)
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