Extra, Extra

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Oct 13, 2008 11:00PM

• Kiayanna Salter, the teen who was shot and killed onboard a CTA bus last Sunday, was laid to rest today.

• GM announced today it is shutting the doors on its Janesville, Wisconsin plant, responsible for producing SUVs. The closing will happen sometime in 2009 and will cost 1,340 jobs.

• An Englewood man committed suicide after accidentally shooting his brother Sunday night. The man had been trying to shoot a dog that had bitten his brother but instead struck his brother in the head.

• The CTA Tattler takes a closer look at the CTA's 2009 Budget.

• A Joliet man finds himself in hot water after ramming his car into his ex-girlfriend's house, as well her new boyfriend's car. He's been charged with DUI, felony criminal damage to property, and being "that guy."

• For the first time in 30 years, Illinois ridership on Amtrak in a year-long window topped 1 million.