Today’s Headlines for Monday, October 6
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• Feds claim ICE agent shot driver, 30, because agents were “rammed by [drivers] and boxed in by 10 cars” near Pershing/Kedzie (Block Club)
• Funding uncertainty looms for the Red Line Extension and the Red & Purple Modernization Project: Crain’s Daily Gist podcast
• The Tribune takes a deep dive into Trump’s attempt at RLE, RPM train robbery
• “CTA’s potential bus, rail service cuts pushed to last half of 2026” (Sun-Times)
• “Editorial: Don’t let a smaller transit cliff stall real reform” (Crain’s)
• BMW driver, passenger hospitalized after head-on crash with Honda driver, BWM “completely destroyed” restaurant Fr 10 PM at Foster/Western (WGN)
• CPD releases images of three suspects in robbery on train 9/26 around 11 PM at Clark/Lake (CBS)
• Suspected shooter arrested after window of parked CTA bus shattered by bullet around 3:18 AM at 95th/Dan Ryan Red Line station (ABC)
• “City Will Not Be Plowing Sidewalks Anytime Soon As Measure Fails In Council” (Block Club)
• “Editorial: Are the Bears’ high-priced demands for ‘infrastructure support’ [including Metrastation upgrade] just another form of subsidy?” (Tribune)
• A cheap trick by Huntley officials: We’re pulling out of plan for station on Rockford Metra line due to fear of traffic jams, parking crunch (LMCS)
• Take a virtual ride on the protected lanes on Harrison’s new river bridge, as part of a handlebar-POV video of ride from Halsted to the lake (Bike Grid Now)
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