Today’s Headlines for Monday, April 10

  • Englewood Trail gets $3M in state funding, bringing total to $29.4 out of $72M needed (Block Club)
  • Hit-and-run Jaguar driver fatally struck man, 55, in 5100 block of W. Jackson (CBS)
  • SUV driver died after jumping curb and striking tree and police on 7-lane 6100 block of S. Cicero (ABC)
  • Extensive delays on Metra UP-N after vehicle stuck on tracks near Highland Park (CBS)
  • Woman, 48, and man, 36,  people found dead, 1 on Blue Line, hours apart near O’Hare Airport (ABC)
  • CPD: Several beatings and robberies have happened recently at 79th, Cermark Red Line stations (ABC)
  • Daily Northwestern looks at plans for the next phases of Red and Purple Modernization
  • 24 new students graduate from CDOT/Divvy/Working Bikes mechanic program (CBS)
  • South Side Weekly interviewed John about the history and future of efforts to create bus rapid transit in Chicago
  • The Onion: “CTA Announces Significant Delays Due To an Unconscious Fear Of Success”

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