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Carol Stream Police Sgt. Bryan Pece, who faces DUI charge after crash has been awarded non-duty disability leave from injuries from the same crash [...]

Lakeview residents reported more than 2,000 rat complaints from last January until February 3, 2014 [...] Rats can squeeze through a hole only one-inch in diameter [...]

Michael Worsham shot and killed his wife and his 17-year-old son, then shot his 15-year-old daughter in the back as she fled  [...] A 14-year old stepson is being called a hero for saving his five-year old nephew and himself about 10:30 p.m. Sunday  [...] The 14-year-old stepson attempted to wrestle the gun from his stepfather, who said he let him live if he stopped trying to disarm him  [...] Murdered: Michelle Ollie, 42 Steven Ollie, 17 Trisdion, 15 LIVE TRAFFIC MAP  [ MAP/SATELLITE ]

Eight Chicago Police officers face a federal lawsuit for illegal strip searches near 9040 S. Laflin of suspects believed to have been selling drugs [...] Robert Douglas was later shackled to the window bars of a nearby home, where officers pulled his pants down, bent him over and searched his buttocks [...] Attorney Michael Oppenheimer: "This poor woman was forced to pull down her pants, pull down her underwear and remove a tampon from her after she proclaimed that she was menstruating. Officers made jeering comments about her body parts and how good she looked as she was forced to do this, as 5 police officers looked on" [...]

Oak Brook firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:00 a.m. to a report of people sick in a house -- possibly from carbon monoxide illness. The Oak Brook Fire Department Battalion Chief immediately called for an EMS Box for extra ambulances [...] Police vague on weather source of carbon monoxide was a water heater or specifically a indoor swimming pool heater ... the house was equipped with carbon monoxide detectors, but the monitors were not functioning at the time of the incident ... carbon monoxide levels were found as high as 1,000 parts per million [...] Oak Brook police say Pei Yeh, 86, was the man that died at a large home in the 2900 block of Oakbrook Hills Road, Oak Brook, where eight other people were also sick with CO poisoning [...]

Dora Betancourt -- a kind, bubbly girl who loved cheerleading and sports as a student at St. John Lutheran School in Libertyville [...] Mom wasn't home when 14-year-old older half-sister stabbed her 11-year-old sister to death because she had been 'ungrateful' and shouted the reason for the attack with each blow [...] Mundelein Moms raised more than $6,000 for the family of both girls as they prepared for the funeral next week [...]

Asst. State's Atty. Claudia Kasten reports the suspect vocalized with each stab wound that the victim was not thankful for all that the suspect/older girl had done for the younger girl [...] In a short timespan after the stabbing, the 14-year-old girl called 9-1-1 and told police that there was a Hispanic male intruder stabbing her little sister  [...] Victim had about 40 stab wounds, and older sister admitted attack when she was confronted that DNA from hair strands on the victim's hands would indicate the killer [...] Local schools were locked down, but police provided no alerts with any details about the reasoning behind the lockdown for 11 hours after the murdered girl’s body was discovered at about 8:30 a.m. [...] Police called to townhouse in the 1600 block of Woodhaven Court, Mundelein [ MAP ]