Midday News Links: See The Room Where A Man Was Trapped In Cook County Jail For 30 Hours

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jul 16, 2014 6:30PM

Photo courtesy Cook County Sheriff's Office

• The Cook County Sheriff's Office released a photo of the room where Farad Polk was trapped for 30 hours over the Independence Day holiday. Polk has filed a lawsuit against the county seeking damages. [Tribune]
• Illinois Tollway officials approved the construction of a test zone along the Tri-State Tollway where they'll use real road and weather conditions to experiment with and improve I-Pass payments, including smartphone payments of tolls. [Tribune]
• More goodness from the Reddit Chicago subthread: time-lapse video showing the three-month demolition process at 200 N. Michigan Avenue condensed into four minutes. [DNAInfo Chicago]
• Rod Blagojevich's attorneys file a letter with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing the jury that convicted him was wrongfully instructed on the issue of campaign contributions. [NBC Chicago]
• La Pasadita made the Sweet 16 in Five Thirty-Eight's Burrito Bracket. (Nate Silver previously said he believed La Pasadita would have won his original Chicago Burrito Bracket.) [Five Thirty-Eight]