The City of Chicago has filed suit against Alltown Bus Service for $350,000 stemming from a March 2007 accident that killed a Chicago fireman. A school bus driven by Darlene Lewis was involved in an accident with a fire truck responding to a call. Twenty year CFD veteran William Grant, 44, was killed in the accident. The money is to cover the cost of repairing the fire truck and a light pole damaged in the......

Photo by Stuck in Customs Trib says four, Sun-Times says three people were taken to area hospitals when when a car driven by an elderly woman plowed into a West Rogers Park Starbucks. There is no evidence the driver of the car was intoxicated, or hyped up on cafinated beverages. [S-T, Trib] Get this, a male skeleton -- in full clothing -- has been found near the water processing plant near Stickney. [Trib] Chicago......

A Mexicana Airlines flight overshot the runway at O’Hare yesterday, just after 7 p.m. The plane struck a concrete safety barrier -- an arrestor bed -- designed to stop planes that don’t want to stop. One person, a flight attendant, was injured and taken to the hospital. 142 people were evacuated from a stair truck and taken to the terminal on buses. They are still investigating the cause, and it will take some time, but......

Navy Pier Fireworks image by Paul Morgan. Holiday weekends tend to bring out the freak accidents and unfortunate circumstances. This weekend is no different. Already there are reports of: A toddler being shot by his father’s gun during an exchange of gunfire in a liquor store. [S-T] After adding too much lighter fluid to the BBQ, a man has been hospitalized with second-degree burns. [WBBM] Two officers were hurt when a car crashed into......

Downtown reflections by Timothy State. The Cubs beat the Sox, 11 to 7. Look for Wrigleyville to be a drunk fest tonight. [Trib] A home-built airplane crashed and burned after taking off at Aurora Municipal Airport. The pilot is okay. [Trib] Daley addressed graduates at Northwestern University, and encouraged their active participation in helping Chicago get the 2016 Olympics. [S-T] A naval recruit was struck and killed by a Metra train in Highwood early this......

Sad news today: Joseph Zeman, the "pigeon man of Lincoln Square," was killed yesterday when he was struck by a car on the Far North Side. The driver was a 68-year-old who didn't see Zeman as he made a right leaving a parking lot. The 77-year-old was easy to spot at the corner of Lawrence and Western, where he would sit for hours on a fire hydrant, feeding a large group of pigeons that......