On Thursday afternoon, a man walking his dog in Logan Square ended up preventing a 14-year-old girl from being sexually attacked, police said. As the girl got off the Diversey Avenue bus just after 5 p.m., she noticed a man--later identified as Larry E. Smith--following her. He allegedly ran up to her, threw her on the ground, and began to forcibly remove her clothing and his pants. She screamed and the man and his Great Dane ran over to her. "They came running over and the offender took off," Shakespeare District police Capt. Marc Buslik told the Chicago Sun-Times. "But the neighbor and the dog cornered him in the alley." The man and his dog kept Smith in the alley until police arrived. Smith, 28, was charged with attempted criminal sexual assault and already had a police record, including a 2009 conviction for public indecency. The 14-year-old was not seriously injured. more ›

On Wednesday night, a man called police after his dog discovered what looked to be a human knee bone in the Logan Square neighborhood at 2107 N. Sawyer Ave. According to a spokeswoman for the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, it was not immediately known whether or not the bones were human and they're still being examined. more ›

This dog has better rhythm than we do. more ›

Ike, the dog that made traffic on the Eisenhower quite an adventure last week, has recovered and is now with a foster family. Officials still haven't been able to locate Ike's actual owner so until then, he'll stay with the new family. If Ike's owners aren't eventually located, he'll be available for permanent adoption. If you're interested, you can contact Precious Pets Almost Home at precpets(at)gmail(dot)com. You can also swing by Ike's Facebook page if you're so inclined. And as long as you're in the adopting state-of-mind, there are plenty of other great animals in need of a good home. more ›

A dog has made traffic on the Ike a bit of fun the last few days. more ›

An Edison Park family had their family dog shot by an off-duty police officer when it escaped from the family’s backyard in the 7200 block of West Palatine Avenue. The female police officer lives across the street and was out walking her own dog and claims the German shepherd attacked her dog and then growled and lunged at her, prompting her to shoot it. Laura Bravo, 42, and her three kids ages, 14, 12 and 11, heard the gunshot and ran outside to find their dog, Malachi, laying in a bloody heap. On top of losing her dog, Bravo received a $500 fine for failing to have a dog license for Malachi. more ›

A dog in the south suburb of Park Forest licked the top of a paper-shredder, which caused his tongue to get caught in the machine. His tongue "was 3 inches into it when I pulled the plug," said Pat Taylor to the Chicago Sun-Times, who was watching her daughter's dog, Caine, over New Year's weekend when the accident occurred. Caine's cry and the noise of the blood splattering upset Taylor's own dogs who began barking at Caine. "It was complete chaos," Taylor said. "The place looked like a crime scene." Caine unexpectedly bit through his own tongue to release the machine's hold on it. more ›

They took his van... and his puppy, too. Well, technically not a puppy, but a 13-year-old black labrador named Lilly was in Gene Voss’s delivery truck when it was stolen from his Naperville business. more ›

Barrington Hill's resident Mary Beth Holsteen entered a video of her pug spinning in circles to Alpo's nationwide contest asking consumers to show why their dog was a "meat maniac." Ike's pre-dinner dance moves won him the right to be on 2.5 million cans of Alpo and a one year supply of the grub. Mary Beth isn't doing too badly, either, collecting a cool $10,000 for the win as well as a party. In fact, we're pretty sure Ike will spin and eat so much at the party that he'll officially be the first dog to lean over a toilet bowl and declare he had too much fun last night. Ike's win also proves that Pugs. Are. Awesome. Even if they sometimes look like a cicada. more ›

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