Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, June 30
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• CTA worker slain Monday around 4:15 AM near 98th St. rail facility IDed as Thomas Kevin Barlow, 57, victim of reported carjacking, $10K reward offered (Fox 32)
…”‘God has taken his angel’: Friends and family mourn CTA worker fatally shot in Roseland” (Sun-Times)
… “A special [Buck Owens-esque] Metra locomotive celebrating America’s 250th birthday” (WGN)
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