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Extra Extra: Escaped Elgin Mental Facility Prisoner Re-Captured

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jul 16, 2014 10:30PM

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  • Jesse Vega, who escaped Elgin Mental Health Center, is back in custody after an hours-long search. [CBS Chicago]
  • Two employees of iconic bookstore Women & Children First have bought the store Andersonville shop. (We'll have an interview with the old and new owners Thursday. [Windy City Times]
  • Ben Joravsky went through the five stages of grief over Toni Preckwinkle mayoral run announcement. [Reader]
  • Whet Moser chatted with Field Museum "Chief Curiosity Correspondent" Emily Graslie. [Chicago magazine]
  • The newest hot drink in Chicago restaurants and bars: radlers. [Time Out Chicago]

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