A look at weird news in the Chicago area.
Police on a manhunt for the man who, after crashing on the South Side, stole another car at gunpoint and escaped into western suburbs.
A woman who had driven off the road and got stuck in the snow failed sobriety tests and had Oxycodone pills, police said.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says he worries that under the current system, too many people who shouldn't will be able to obtain concealed carry permits.
We looked at stories from across America in the year since the shootings at Sandy Hook School to try to illustrate the scale of the problem.
A 27-year-old man is charged with indecent solicitation after he allegedly posted an ad seeking someone that would let him have sex with their niece, sister, young girlfriend/ wife, or daughter and was open about age, officials say.
A roundup of bizarre, "OMG"-worthy police reports in the area from the past week.
Also in recent police reports: Police use taser on a man who was stealing and spilling customers' drinks at a bar, multiple public urination arrests and more.
Patch highlights arrest warrants issued for Oak Park and Forest Park residents in 2013.
A roundup of bizarre police news in the area.
La Grange police reports from Nov. 19-26 include theft of a car that was unlocked and had the keys inside, charges following auto accidents, drug paraphernalia possession and a caller who told a woman she'd won the Jamaican lottery.
Third man charged for his role in the 2011 murder of a Chicago Police Officer during a robbery at a convenience store on the Oak Park-Chicago border, Oak Leaves reports.
The offender wrapped his arm around a woman's neck and threatened to kill her at the Green Line stop Friday afternoon.
Elmwood Park man charged with criminal sexual abuse and child pornography after he allegedly threatened a 16-year-old boy with lewd photos, according to the Office of Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez.
DUI Roundup is a compendium of driving-under-the-influence charges reported during the week prior to Nov. 23 in Patch towns throughout the west suburbs.
A roundup of bizarre police news in the area from the past week.
Patch recaps Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park police news from the week of Nov. 17-23.
Neighbors complain about bride screaming and yelling in the street on her wedding day.
Police launch crackdown through Thanksgiving holiday.
Police reports in the area that were a little more bizarre and disturbing than usual this week.
Oak Park and Forest Park police reports, Nov. 4-12
The case that will enter its fourth calendar year at its next hearing in January has been delayed by defendant John L. Wilson's indecisiveness about legal representation.
River Forest police reports, Nov. 1-10
A man approached a woman in her car and threatened her before pulling her out of the car and driving east on Austin.
Oak Park police remind residents to lock up after a string of recent burglaries in central and southwest areas of the village.
A roundup of the area police reports from the past week that made us think, "OMG."
Student reports man tried to coax her to get into his car about 8:45 a.m. Wednesday.
Former Oak Park restaurant Frank Elliot is charged with arson and insurance fraud after a June 2012 fire at the Velvet Rope Ultra Lounge at 728 Lake St.
A roundup of area police news that was a little bizarre.
Oak Park and Forest Park police reports from Oct. 17-24.
Man on bike struck by car on Scoville Avenue about 8 p.m. Thursday.
A roundup of the police reports in the area that make us go, "Say what...?" Those ones.
Oak Park man faces first-degree murder charges after the death of a man shot in June in Chicago's Austin neighborhood, Sun-Times Media reports.
Three Chicago teens arrested for battery, robbery after stealing a woman's purse on Lombard, police said.
Jasmin Salas was trying to move past her abusive relationship with Justino Correa, who is accused of stabbing her to death and leaving her body in Thatcher Woods, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Also in recent River Forest police reports: Felony DUI and a Dominican University security officer who was hit by a car. The driver was found in possession of 7.6 grams of marijuana.
Two women who say they are the first treated for symptoms associated with the ghastly drug "crocodile" revealed their stories and their wounds.
Oak Park police reports, Oct. 9-10
A 31-year-old Oak Park man faces disorderly conduct charges after he tried to give a girl a ride to school in River Forest.