Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, June 20
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8:58 AM CDT on June 20, 2023
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- Chicago’s NASCAR race is full speed ahead, but alders have questions (Axios)
- 7 injured, 5 seriously in crash involving CTA bus and car driver at Madison/Cicero (ABC)
- Person flung into air, seriously injured near 87th Lafayette in Chatham hit and run (ABC)
- 1 in custody, trains delayed after man, 21, shot in calf on Red Line near Chinatown (ABC)
- Man, 22, charged with attempted murder after stabbing on Green Line’s Roosevelt platform Friday night (ABC)
- CPD: Alleged shooter critically injures man in River North before crashing vehicle at Van Buren/Ashland (ABC)
- 2 Chicago police officers hospitalized after crash at 47th Pl. / Union in Canaryville (ABC)
- $6.8 million grant from private donors for city monuments promoting social justice (Sun-Times)
- Chicago police sergeant acquitted of battery, misconduct for pinning teen he wrongly accused of bike theft (Block Club)
- State rep La Shawn Ford wants Riot Fest, big concerts in parks to pay 2% fee to communities hosting them (Block Club)
- Meet Patric McCoy, photographer of Chicago’s Black community and frequent bike rider (South Side Weekly)
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