Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, April 2
• There’s a new sheriff in town. Maybe new 35th Ward alder Anthony Quezada can get PBLs installed northwest of the Logan Square traffic circle? (Block Club)
• Hit-and-run driver critically injured person in crosswalk early Wednesday morning at Diversey/Central on Logan Square/Avondale border (CBS)
• CPD released images of 7 people who allegedly attacked and robbed a man, 23, around 12:35 AM near 79th Street Red Line station (ABC)
• “Metra narrows down location search for rail yard move to Woodstock from Crystal Lake” (Shaw Local)
• Block Club: “Belmont Cragin Residents Fed Up With Post Office Vehicles Taking Over Area Parking”
• Metra launches 18th annual Safety Competition for students to create promotional artwork with the theme, “See tracks? Think train.”
• People’s Lobby hosts DuPage County Public Transit Listening Session Wed. 4/9, 6:30 PM at Nicholas library, 200 W Jefferson Ave. in Naperville
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