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Today’s Headlines for Friday, January 12
January 12, 2024
Driver struck and killed Samantha Marie Hutcherson, 25, on December 28 in Washington Heights
Hutcherson was the 29th person struck and killed while walking on Chicago streets in 2023.
January 11, 2024
Thar he blows! Ed Fitzpatrick goes public with his obsession with killing the Dickens Greenway, assisted by Inside Publications
A new article from the car-centric newspaper chain, featuring Fitzpatrick griping about the bikeway, falsely claims the project was paid for with "Chicago taxpayer funds" due to a "bait and switch."
January 10, 2024
Jason Kardish, 40, killed by hit-and-run SUV driver at Diversey/Ashland, is first Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2024
According to Police News Affairs, as of Tuesday afternoon, no one was in custody.
January 9, 2024
Streetsblog helped get a bogus “No Bikes” sign removed near Promontory Point, where drivers have been parking illegally
Sure, this wasn't one of Chicago's most urgent problems, but it's good that we were able to get a building to stop telling bike riders they can't park in front of the property.
January 7, 2024
Northern attitude: Riding the Yellow Line to Skokie 7 weeks after the route was shut down by a crash
If a disaster of this severity happened on a Chicagoland expressway, there's no way that the road would stay closed for two days, let alone nearly two months.
January 5, 2024
