ILLINOIS — A teenage boy fled into a farm field after police say he stabbed three people during an argument at a party over the weekend.
Meanwhile, firefighters battled a 50-acre field fire as weather officials issued a fire weather watch for the area.
Plus, a community is mourning after two local grads were killed in a crash while visiting friends downstate, and the driver accused of causing the crash was apprehended as officials say he attempted to flee to Mexico.
A year after his capture in Mexico, Arnoldo Jimenez is extradited to U.S. to face first-degree murder charge of his Burbank bride in 2012.
New minimum wage, driver's license rules and more are going into effect.
Cyber tips led investigators to a local home and grocery store before felony charges were approved, officials said.
Authorities found the girl more than 12 hours after she was reported missing, according to the sheriff's office.
The shooting occurred shortly after 11 p.m. Friday in the 200 block of West 95th Street, police said.
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