Today’s Headlines for Monday, October 28
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By
AJ LaTrace
8:37 AM CDT on October 28, 2024
- CTA offered Far South Side residents a first look at 5.5-mile Red Line extension
- Pedestrian struck and killed by driver in hit and run at North Crawford Avenue and Kirk Street in Skokie (ABC 7)
- Police are still searching for the suspect in the Skokie hit and run incident (WGN)
- Sun-Times readers weigh in on the speed limit reduction to 25 MPH
- Pedestrian deaths on train tracks are escalating (Daily Herald)
- Streetsblog Chicago contributor Richard Day on the Western Ave. upzoning
- Forklift and CTA train collide near Western Brown Line station, injuring one (ABC 7)
- Construction begins at Dempster Street Pulse bus stops in Morton Grove, Niles (Pioneer Press)
- Metra’s 147th Street/Sibley Station reopens today (RT&S)
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