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Extra Extra: 3-YEar-Old Shot Thursday Back In Surgery

By Chuck Sudo in News on Sep 20, 2013 11:00PM

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Photo credit: Ben Campney

  • Deonta Howard, the 3-year-old shot in the face at Cornell Square Park Thursday, was back in surgery Friday and is doing better. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • Raghuveer Nayak, a businessman with ties to Jesse Jackson Jr. and Rod Blagojevich, pleaded guilty to fraud in a case related to a series of surgery centers he owns. [Tribune]
  • Metra's board of directors waived their attorney-client privilege Friday so a a state inspector general has unfettered access to “get to the bottom” of the mess at the rail agency. [Sun-Times]
  • WTMX-FM morning hosts Eric Ferguson and Kathy Hart won Major Market Media Personalities of the Year at the 2013 Marconi Radio Awards. [Robertfeder.com]
  • Empirical Brewery LLC signed a lease for 19,305 square feet in an outdated industrial building at 1801 W. Foster Ave., where it plans to open a brewery and taproom by early 2014. [Crain's]
  • Eataly lines up its Chicago food vendors. [Chicago Grid]

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