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Driver Sentenced in DUI Crash That Severed Motorcyclist’s Leg

A 46-year-old Elburn man who drove drunk and caused a 2014 crash with a motorcycle that later forced that motorcyclist to have his leg amputated is headed to prison.

Chicago Cops Who Sodomized Man With Screwdriver Need to Be Fired: Online Petition

An online petition is demanding the Chicago Police Department fire two officers accused of sodomizing a 20-year-old man with a screwdriver during an alleyway strip search in 2004.

Stress Relief Treatment Offered for $19.08 on Cubs Playoff Game Days

A Skokie-based acupuncture specialist will do her part to lessen the tension that’s present for all Cubs fans — no matter how good the team is this year — by offering stress relief treatments on Cubs playoff game days for the symbolic price of $19.08.

ALSO:

• Cubs Games Come on Too Late for Plainfield Girl, So She Writes to MLB Commissioner
• Cubs' Quest For National League Pennant Begins at 19:08

Cops Use Belt as Tourniquet to Stop Shot Teen's Bleeding

Officers responding to a shooting in the Austin neighborhood used first aid and a makeshift tourniquet to save a 16-year-old boy severely bleeding from a gunshot wound to his leg Wednesday, according to Chicago police.

Autopsy Scheduled for 3-Year Old Boy Shot and Killed at Waukegan Home

A 3-year-old boy was shot and killed in his Waukegan home early Thursday morning. An autopsy was scheduled for Thursday afternoon.

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