Long-time WGN-Ch. 9 anchor Allison Payne said Tuesday she is headed to Minnesota's famed Mayo Clinic on Wednesday for a battery of tests to determine the best way to battle the residual effects of a series of mini-strokes that kept her off the air for three months earlier this year.
So long as the visit is uneventful, Payne expects to return home in time for Monday's scheduled debut of Channel 9's 5:30 p.m. newscast, which she is to co-anchor with her 9 p.m. partner, Mark Suppelsa. Read Phil Rosenthal's story.
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