Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 9
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• CPD allegedly visited owner of car used to severely injure Nakari Campbell, 17, at Division/Ashland Friday, but owner refused to talk, no arrests (Block Club)
• Family of Murod Kurdi, 27 killed in Oak Lawn by driver who was drinking and declined breathalizer, received a traffic ticket, demand criminal charges (ABC)
• 3 hospitalized after crash at Ontario/Orleans, near Kennedy feeder in River North (FOX)
• CPS gives families $3,500 for Ventra cards, citing bus driver shortage (CBS)
• Pace will open 2nd Pulse express bus route on Dempster this weekend (NBC)
• Letter from Ald. Nugent: Protected lanes on Montrose from Kostner to Pulaski funded, ped improvements in Forest Glen funded in 39th Ward PB election
• John: Clever’s ranking of Chicago as a moderately bike-friendly big US city makes more sense than PFB’s rock-bottom rating (Sun-Times)
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