Today’s Headlines for Thursday, July 28
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9:01 AM CDT on July 28, 2022
- Concrete-protected bike lanes delayed, but still happening, but advocates ask: Is it enough? (Block Club)
- Driver fatally struck Zaineddin “Zain” Jaber, 14, on bike at intersection of two 5-lane streets in Tinley Park (Tribune)
- SUV driver crashes into Crystal Lake home, seriously injuring resident, self (NBC)
- 2 children among 3 injured when driver of stolen car being pursued by police hit another vehicle in Grand Crossing (NBC)
- Chicago man serves jail time probation for McHenry County DUI crash that injured 4 children (NW Herald)
- CPD: Driver ran red and injured 2 officers in squad car on 5000 block of West Lake in Austin (FOX)
- Some CPS students could get free CTA rides to school as district tries new workarounds to bus driver shortage (Tribune)
- Chicago has the most moveable bridges of any city in the world (FOX)
- Coverage of John’s train + bike trip to St. John, IN, current hometown of ex-Tribune bike troller John Kass (Eric Zorn)
- Sundays on State open streets events takes place from Monroe to Lake on August 7 and 21, and September 4
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