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Today’s Headlines for Monday, December 12

9:08 AM CST on December 12, 2022

    • Finance Committee may vote on the transit TIF for the south Red Line extension today (WTTW)
    • Chicago Tribune looks at the looming fiscal cliff for CTA and Metra
    • Juana Soto-Lopez, 56, died Thursday after hit-and-run driver struck her 11/20 at 26th/Drake in Little Village (ABC)
    • Rosina Stanzer Loew, 82, and her dog fatally struck by driver in Rolling Meadows (ABC)
    • 2 months in jail for driver who fled after seriously injuring bicyclist on 300 block of North St. in McHenry (LMS)
    • Driver shot, critically injured, 3 other people injured in resulting crash near Madison/Cicero (ABC)
    • Crash at Balbo/DLSD destroyed ghost bike for Gerardo Marciales, 41, killed on Divvy on 2/28/22 (Bike Lane Uprising)
    • Metra adding more service to MDN, MDW, NCS, Heritage Corridor lines (ABC)
    • Bronzeville Trail organizers launch fundraising effort as city planners sketch first steps for 606-like path (Block Club)
    • Finish stalled Lathrop Homes project by adding back affordable homes, demonstrators urge (Block Club)
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