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Extra Extra: Fenger Academy Grad Featured ln CNN Doc Shot

By Jon Graef in News on Aug 3, 2014 8:30PM

  • Lee McCollum Jr., who was featured in the CNN documentary series Chicagoland, was shot twice Saturday. [Trib]
  • McCollum Jr. was one of 19 people shot as of Sunday morning. Of those shot, two were killed. [Fox32]
  • Mayor Emanuel wants to develop a plan to ease traffic around the Museum Campus after the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens. Just sayin’, maybe he should get started on that plan now. [Sun-Times]
  • From the city’s Open Data Portal, a chart of beachfront water temperatures. [Open Data Portal]
  • The Better Government Association investigates a former city worker hired, with no experience, to run the city’s animal control and care shelter. [BGA]