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WGN-Ch. 9 announced today that anchor Allison Payne, who suffered a series of mini-strokes that took her off the air for several weeks earlier this year, will take additional time off “to fully rehabilitate.”
(Tribune photo / Milbert O. Brown)
Micah Materre will substitute for Payne alongside co-anchor Mark Suppelsa on the station’s 5:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. in the interim.
“We look forward to Allison’s speedy return,” Marty Wilke, WGN’s vice president and general manager, said in a statement. “Viewers who would like to send Allison a get well wish can do so at wgntv.com on our ‘get well’ message board.”
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–Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Breaking News Center
