Today’s Headlines for Thursday, December 26

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• Our prediction was correct: “[The Tribune] will be spanked pretty hard for [its editorial statement about Elston, Milwaukee bikeways] in the letters section“

• Driver, 31, charged with reckless homicide and DUI after crashing into house and killing passenger Wednesday, around 7:30 PM in Waukegan (CBS)

• Driver fatally struck one pedestrian, injured another Wednesday around 5:45 PM on I-90 near Canfield Avenue in the Oriole Park neighborhood (Sun-Times)

• Driver, 38, died after hitting two light poles and setting car on fire Monday around 9 PM in Naperville, passenger escaped apparently uninjured (ABC)

• Car driver entered oncoming lanes and struck Jeep, causing serious injuries Monday around 3:25 PM near Route 14 / Route 31 in Crystal Lake (FOX)

• A cheerful holiday headline from right-wing, windshield-POV Illinois Policy: “Where on Chicago Transit Authority are you most likely to be crime victim?”

• “Block Club’s 10 Most Popular Stories Of 2024″ includes a tale of recovering sunken Divvies from Lake Michigan

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