Organization sent counselors for her free advice and help. A person of interest is in custody and the two victims are here participating in a Police Lineup to try to identify the attacker. As a High School Football star fights for his life, friends and family struggle to make sense of what happened on the field last friday night. Our julie unruh is live with the latest on this story. Here is the latest on the condition. Drew is said to be looking better but he remains in a coma after collapsing on the sidelines of a Football Game. Here is an account of what happened friday. He from that point i said, i hope that kids alright. Neil hernandez, lane tech class of 1988. He was at fridays game against Dunbar High School when 3 drew williams went down. Hernandezs photos show the star wide receiver and defensive back practicing before the game, then on the sidelines. Unconsciouswilliams teammates watching as he was wheeled away on gurney. Hernandez was trying to make sense of it all from the stands. He was on his back and we did not know who he was. We saw coaches looked frantic. It did not look like a normal injury. It wasnt a normal or typical game day injury. Williams suffered a subderal hematomaa serious brain injury with a blood clot. Far more serious than any concussion, says dr. Julian bailes from north Shore University health system. He is a neurosurgeon there and an expert on football head injuries. Many times in football you do not necessarily now what blow caused the injury. It is possible that a series of blows, a second and third fourth or maybe more, something that adds up and at some point the bleeding occurs for a seizure happens and that is when it is realized that the person has a problem. But bailes maintains, football itself is probably safer today than it was years ago. Concussions like the jarring and rattling of the brain you see in this video are far more common. Neither a reason, this father and doctor says, to keep kids away from the sport. He says parents need to weigh the pros versus the cons. You have to realize, especially a teenage boy, if they are not at a Football Game or practice, what will they be doing . They will not necessarily be doing risk aversive behavior. Meanwhile, the caring bridge website provides Health Updates on drew. It also provides a place for people who wish to donate money to help the family. In just2 days donations near 15,000. Meanwhile, the search for answers continuesthe Illinois High School association weighs in on protocol when it comes to injured players. If a player leaves the field or is removed from a contest with possible head injury then he or she cant return to that same contest unless theyve been evaluated and cleared to return to play. By either a certified athletic trainer or a physician who practices medicine. One of its cops for brutality. Says there is a 50 percent survh a subdural hematoma. Anyone interested in donating to the family at this time, you should go to our website for more information. A chicago woman suing skokie at one of its cops for brutality. Cassandra feuerstein was busted for drunk driving back in march. She believes this Police Video Shows the officer unnecearrily shoving her into the jail cell resulting in a head injury that required facial reconstructive surgery. The suit also alleges that police made false statements, claiming she resisted being put in the cell. Skokie officials have not commented on the lawsuit. The ctas new ventra fare Payment System is not turning out to be a pleasant adventure for many who rely on public transportation. In fact, the Transit Agency is now resuming sales of the Magnetic Stripe transit cards it eventually wants to phase out because of all the ventra problems. Wgns Marcella Raymond joins us from the Garfield Park fieldhouse on the west side. That and adding more Customer Service representatives. A person you can talk to and not waiting on the phone for an hour. While the ventra system will be fully in place at the end of the year, right now riders can keep using the magnetic strip cards. And the chicago card holders can continue to add value to the card. Figured out. When i get home i can check. People lined up at a ventra event where they could ask questions but mainly to transfer any balance from their disposable card to their new verntra card. For some getting to this point was a long tedious process. This person entered her card online. It would not activate online. It said the Activation Code would not work and so i went to the office to speak to somebody to see if they could help. She waited an hour and half in that line and 45 minutes in this one. Seems like a lot of work. It is. I am glad i had the day off. Ctas is extending the period to theventra card. 20,000 people called the cta Center Monday and waited an hour to talk to somebody. We are trying to make it easier for the body while we work with our vendor to clear up the issues we have been having. 87 percent of the system is working fine but still they send email to people who track issues transferring to ventra. There were difficulties activating the card. The instructions were difficult. Confusing. We are sending email to people to explain the steps needed to activate the card in the clearest manner possible. People want to get this going and get the snafus strait and doubt. If you want information on the event here tonight or any other information about the ventra card, you can access their site on the internet. No tax hikes, but fees may be on the table. Still to come, mayor rahm emanuel outlines some of his budgeting plans. Cook county sheriff tom dart shares his frustration with what he calls an antequated Record Keeping system. Day nine of the Government Shutdown and lawmakers work to fix a problem thats been the source of a lot of embarassment. 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But that doesnt mean no new fees in the 2014 city budget. The mayor shared details in a meeting with Small Business owners. Wgns tom negovan is in the newsroom with the mayor thoughts on tax hikes. He did not say read my lips but mayor emanuel did pledge no hikes to property, sales or gas taxes in his next budget. However there are many other ways of raising revenue, an array of fees the mayors open to increasing. And he told reporters about one of them at the end of this roundtable meeting with Small Business leaders the cost of applying in person for building and zoning permits. The idea, he says, is to provide an incentive to get those permits electronically instead. Its part of a paperless way of doing business the mayors championing to streamline city services. He says his budget team hasnt figured out just yet how much the inperson fee will be or what else will go up. But he does know this we will have three years in a row of a budget that is not only balanced but dost not raise taxes on property, does not raise taxes on sales, does not raise gas tax. Those three will not be raised and inconsistent with my third budget. There is a 338million dollar budget gap to close. Some tempting targets include the citys amusement tax and the so called sin taxes, on cigarettes and liquor. Past years have brought increases in the water and sewer rate, cost of city vehicle stickers. The mayor says he and his budget team arent done yet, still working on the document hell propose to aldermen two weeks from today. The information superhighway apparently doesnt reach the cook county sheriffs office. Sheriff tom dart inviting the media in today to tour the records department. The sheriff fedup with the countys paper records system which has resulted in clerical errors including wrongful inmate releases. The reality is that it is an archaic system and this is a history tore up what it was like in the 1800s know. This is today. We have a paper system and it is not right and it has to be fixed because it lends itself to errors. The sheriff calls the records system embarassing and wants a digital system where electronic files can be transferred directly from the courts. Office of the clerk of the Circuit Court says they have a computerized system and that the sheriff has yet to program its Computer System to receive the data. A verdict in the death of a Chicago Police officer. This comes hours after a verdict and the case of a second driver involved. The driver linked to the killing of a Chicago Police officer found guilty today. Kevin walker was driving the car when two passengers opened fire killing chicago cop alex valadez. Christopher harris is also currently ontrial for the murder and his case is just wrappingup. 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Tonight, on the 9th night of the Government Shutdown, Democratic Leaders left a white house meeting singing the same tune. They want House Republicans to reopen the government and raise the debt limit before new budget talks. The president emphasized offer and all over again what we also share, that he is willing to talk about all the issues that republican colleagues want to talk about and try to come to an agreement but he is saying we can talk while the government is open. Tomorrow, its the republicans turn at the white house. The president has invited gop congressional leaders. This comes as Wisconsin Republican paul ryan is floating a plan to pass a shortterm hike in the debt ceiling in exchange for cuts in entitlement programs, with no discussion of the Affordable Health care act. There will be and illinois congressman involved in that. Federal employees here in chicago once again rallying in the loop, demanding an end to the federal Government Shutdown. 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