Today’s headlines for Wednesday, March 6
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• Press release: CTA launches "Innovation Studio" and outlines key areas of focus in 2024
• Driver fatally struck pedestrian Tuesday morning at eight-lane 22nd Street and MacArthur Drive in west suburban Oakbrook Terrace (CBS)
• Hit-and-run crash victim Ernesto Vargas, 18, is walking and out of hospital. Verified GoFundMe by father is raising money for additional therapy
• After surviving a head-on crash 15 years ago at Clark and Cermak Road in Chinatown, a woman Is looking for the heroes who saved her (Block Club)
• CPD: Robbers used SUV to ram storefront around 4:00 AM near 95th/Western in Beverly before fleeing in two Jeeps parked nearby (Sun-Times)
• Back Of The Yards park’s historical field house is getting $4M In upgrades (Block Club)
• Chicago Bears defensive tackle gift bikes to students with perfect attendance at J.H. Hines elementary school in Waco, TX (KCEN TV)
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