Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, February 20
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• Commuters Take Action cofounder Fabio Göttlicher wants you to know that Chicago’s public transit system is in trouble (Chicago Magazine)
• Driver, 19, caused car crash that killed 2 other motorists just after 2 a.m. near Black Road and 129th Infantry Drive in Joliet, attempted to flee on foot (CBS)
• 2 people hospitalized after 3-vehicle crash Monday night near 44th/Pulaski, where a hit-and-run driver killed pedestrian Jiekun Xu, 68, on February 8 (ABC)
• 4 men arrested less than 45 minutes after allegedly beating a man, 49, unconscious, robbing him Saturday afternoon on Pink Line near Kostner (WGN)
• CPD releases images of man who allegedly robbed woman earlier this month around 10:50 AM near Laramie Green Line station (WGN)
• Geneva’s Route 31 underpass to close for Metra Union Pacific West track expansion (Shaw Local)
• Reinsdorf confident White Sox will get $1 billion subsidy for new South Loop stadium (Crain’s)
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