2 People Charged With DUIs Following 2 Crashes On Dan Ryan Expressway
Two people were arrested following a chain of related crashes on the Dan Ryan this past weekend, which all left one person dead.
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Two people were arrested following a chain of related crashes on the Dan Ryan this past weekend, which all left one person dead.
Grzegorz Kuprowski, of Niles, has been charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer, aggravated driving under the influence, driving on a revoked license, resisting arrest, and other charges, according to police and Cook County court records.
An Aurora man will be going to prison for five years after he was convicted for his fifth DUI, this time for driving with a blood-alcohol level 4.5 times the state's legal limit.
Police said the officers were responding to a call of a car fire around 11:45 p.m., and had their siren and emergency lights activated as they were headed south on Pulaski Road.
Juan Aguiar, 37, has been charged with four counts of aggravated DUI.
A special prosecutor will oversee the driving under the influence case against off-duty Joliet police Officer Erin Zilka.
The officer was helping a disabled vehicle near 38th and North avenues around 3 a.m., when another vehicle rear ended the his police SUV, according to Melrose Park spokesman Gary Mack.
Drunken driving charges were dropped Tuesday for a retired priest accused of hitting and killing one teacher and wounded another in Orland Park.
If a person is pulled over for driving high, they will receive a DUI.
A man has been arrested on aggravated DUI and other felony charges, after slamming into a Lake County Sheriff's squad car that was blocking traffic after an earlier crash on Monday near nort suburban Volo, injuring a deputy who was standing next to the cruiser.
A 23-year-old man, police said is behind a red light crash, could have been drunk driving.
Alan Huschka, 33, has been charged with one count of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, and two counts of bail jumping, according to Wisconsin court records.
Omarr L. Hill, 42, was charged with aggravated DUI and is currently in police custody awaiting his bond hearing.
An Elk Grove Village man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after being busted driving drunk for the sixth time.
Vandervere, 40, pleaded "no contest" in September to three counts of vehicular homicide and one count of injury by drunk driving.
"It's not right to get behind the wheel of a car drunk, but how do you get behind the wheel of a semi drunk. How do you make a conscious decision to do that?"
Police said the driver was turning at the intersection of Kirchoff and Wilke roads, when he lost control, and hit a fence, a tree, and a house.
A Portage, Indiana man was arrested early Sunday after being caught going 142 mph down Interstate 80/94, Indiana State Police said.
Eric Labahn had an Illinois driver's license he should have lost when he refused to take a blood alcohol test after killing 23-year-old Austin Lockwood in a crash in Wisconsin.
The village administrator of Glendale Heights stood accused Tuesday of driving drunk in a hit-and-run crash last month.
A Chicago father was facing drunken driving charges Sunday in a rollover crash on I-80/94 in Gary that seriously injured his 1-year-old son.
Errol Brice is charged with leaving the scene of a deadly crash at a bus stop this past weekend, and he admitted to police that he had had been drinking.
A Romeoville woman has been charged with driving under the influence, after a hit-and-run that critically injured a Divvy bike rider in the River North neighborhood in June.
After losing her son to a crash with a drunken driver, an Illinois woman is fighting a loophole in Wisconsin law that allowed the driver to keep his license for more than a year.
An off-duty Chicago police officer was injured in a crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway.
Mount Prospect police said 11 teenage boys, one 16 and the others 17, were charged with felonies, including aggravated battery, criminal damage to property, and mob action.
Daniel Garcia, 52, of Schaumburg, was charged with a felony count of involuntary manslaughter.
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The winning ticket was sold for the Saturday, Dec. 21 drawing at the Jewel-Osco store at 800 North Avenue in Melrose Park.
The attempted burglary happened just after 4 a.m. at the 7-Eleven in the 1300 block of South Halsted Street.
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Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez accused school board members of "hijacking" negotiations and trying to intimidate his team.
Martinez's lawyer says he is asking a judge to guarantee that no one can stand in the way of Martinez doing his job while he is still in office.
Many turned out to take advantage of day-after-Christmas sales that can be hard to pass up.
At Yorktown Center in Lombard, just about everyone who spoke with CBS News Chicago on Monday said the act of going out and physically shopping puts them in the Christmas spirit.
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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced Wednesday that it had detected presumptive positive human case of H5N1 in Barron County.
The sisters share a special bond of getting a second chance at life, which they both received at the age of 38 years old.
An even larger investment of $500 million is going toward 10 new outpatient facilities throughout the South Side that will add 85,000 health care appointments each year.
Scientists used the NanoGripper to grab particles from the SARS-CoV2 virus that causes COVID-19.
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Sunday night marked the last night in business for Strat's, after 38 years.
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Taylor also played two nights at Ravinia this past June.
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The couple will also receive a gourmet dinner gift box with filet mignon, strip steaks, and lobster tails. They'll also get a sparkling wine basket and champagne flutes, a wedding dance lesson, and a virtual cooking lesson.
In a recent study from Cedars-Sinai, only 33% of women met the standard for weekly aerobic exercise compared to 43% of men.
Highs for Friday and Saturday are in the 50s.
The boy was shot multiple times in his lower body inside a home.
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"San Antonio has really led the way in using aerial surveillance technology to prevent these activities," said Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd), who chairs the City Council Public Safety Committee.
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The Chicago-based company is accused of tricking diners about delivery fees, misleading drivers about pay, and listing restaurants on its platform without permission.
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Atlanta trailed 124-107 with 6:23 remaining in the game and used a 23-2 run to take its first lead since the first quarter.
The Ramblers (9-4) were led by Miles Rubin, who posted 16 points and three blocks.
Jason Dickinson scored for the 'Hawks with 33 seconds left, but the Blackhawks were unable to come up with the tying goal.
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Christopher Sponholz, 39, of Waukesha, Wisconsin is charged with felony hit-and-run involving death in the hit-and-run that killed Hussain Farhat, 40, on Christmas Eve Tuesday,
The boy was shot multiple times in his lower body inside a home.
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