Huzzah, the holidays are over and the blotter is back! An SUV rolled off the Skyway at around 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning and caught on fire. Driving the vehicle was an unidentified 18-year-old female; she had with her three male passengers, two of them 22 years of age and one 20. Her GMC Envoy hit a guardrail at the 67th Street exit, rolled off the ramp, and burst into flames. All passengers were taken to... more ›

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Expensive toilet seats, dumb teenagers, confused pigs, and some thankful horses this week in our weekly roundup of Stupid Chicago: O'Hare Airport awarded a $4.65 million, four-year contract to a vendor those fancy motorized plastic toilet seat covers. That's $96,000 a month to make sure travelers don't have to hover. Three teenagers were charged with reckless conduct, aggravated assault, and criminal damage to property on Sunday for attacking a police station with paintball guns. A... more ›