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Two hurt in pickup truck crash with Canadian Pacific freight train on Rohlwing Rd, just north of Irving Park Rd

wgntv.com  3:00 a.m. crash: Woman airlifted to Level I Trauma center Advocate Lutheran General Hospital; man tranported to Alexian Brothers Medical Center  ...  facebook.com Northern Illinois Fireground photos Canadian Pacific freight train vs. white pickup truck; Itasca, Addison on the scene  ...

"Holy Hot Tortoise!" Spur is safely returned to The Animal Store in Lincolnwood

arlingtoncardinal.com  Found wandering in backyards   ... chicagotribune.com  Store owner Kenn Bearman credits media alerts that led offenders to release Spur into the wild  ...

Metra warns of double-charging credit cards in error last Monday

nbcchicago.com  Metra: working diligently to identify and reverse the additional charges for affected customers  ...

Three shootings overnight Saturday/Sunday -- 1 involved road rage and a chase that ended at 87th and Stony Island Ave

chicagotribune.com  20-yr-old shot about 1:00 a.m. Sunday after chase and collision with a third car; 28-yr-old shot in ankle just after 11:00 p.m. Saturday in the 7600 block of South Marquette Ave; man walked up to a car just after 11:30 p.m. Saturday and shot a passenger in the 3400 block of West Chicago Ave up to a car  ... facebook.com Northern Illinois FireGround photos at 87th Street and Stoney Island  ...

Police focus on 'Choke Point' -- where local street gangs meet Mexican drug-trafficking organizations

suntimes.com  NEW STRIKE FORCE: DEA, Chicago Police, FBI and other agencies will focus on the choke point; Domingo “Mingo” Blount "Mr. Choke Point" and member of Black Disciples Gang already arrested  ...

Suspect Tyrone Hill charged in alleged North Beach abduction attempt after Chicago Police FLASH MESSAGE with suspect description

abclocal.go.com/wls  ONLY YARDS AWAY FROM PARENTS! Suspect Tyrone Hill, 37, charged with attempted aggravated kidnapping of a child under the age of 13 and unlawful restraint  ...

Hoffman Estates man, Austin Watts, dies after car surfing in Crystal Lake

arlingtoncardinal.com  Falls from roof of Chevy Impala in Walmart parking lot, 1205 S. Rt. 31, Crystal Lake  ...

Motorcyclist James McFall, 52, of Tinley Park killed in crash with truck

chicagotribune.com  Crash near Vollmer Road and South Cicero Avenue in Matteson  ...

Seven-car crash, minivan rollover at Route 60 and Milwauke Ave, Vernon Hills

dailyherald.com  5 transported to the hospital after minivan rolled over  ...