A 37-year-old female is currently being held at county jail in connection with her involvement in an auto accident that resulted in the death of a senior exercise science major at Illinois State University. She has been charged with a drunk-driving felony.The young...
Month: April 2014
Cook County teen charged in fatal car accident
A fatal accident on the south side of Chicago took the life of one passenger after what appeared to witnesses to be a high-speed joy ride between two vehicles. The 18-year-old, college-bound man involved in the accident was charged with reckless homicide and...
Misdiagnosis of mentally ill in Illinois may lead to violence
The second shooting at yet another military base has again focused the nation's attention on consequences of mental illness. The National Institute of Mental Health reports there are more than 50 million Americans over the age of 18 who suffer from some type of mental...
Charges pending in fatal Edens car accident
Emergency vehicle sirens broke the silence of the early morning as they raced towards a quarter-mile long collision on the Edens Expressway near Touhy Street.A Minnesota man was killed when the Chevy Tracker he was operating was rear-ended by another car. The vehicle...