Extra Extra: Chicago Deputy Comptroller Resigns
By Chuck Sudo in News on May 6, 2014 11:00PM
- James T. Raussen, hired by indicted former City Comptroller Amer Ahmad, is resigning effective in June. [Sun-Times]
- The Chicago Park District will plant 50,000 trees along the south end of the lakefront Saturday. [DNAInfo Chicago]
- Andrew Shaw is out for tonight's Blackhawks-Wild game in Minneapolis, while NIklas Hjalmarsson will play despite taking a puck to the throat in Game 2. [CBS Chicago]
- The Kimberly Selvick, a commercial tugboat, became stuck on the lakefront. Crews from a local salvage company worked to get the tugboat to float once again. [ABC 7]
- Eighty-two cases of the mumps were reported in Illinois through the end of April. Seriously. Vaccinate. [Fox News Chicago]
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