What is it with Indiana residents, alcohol and small vehicles? more ›

Darin Medley of Valparaiso, IN had an evening that usually is the plot to a stoner comedy, only there's no hot woman waiting for him at the end credits. more ›

A man was arrested at an Indiana Dunkin' Donuts wearing only a t-shirt, his long john free for all to see. more ›

From the "Dogs are Carnivores" Department: autopsy results are inconclusive in the death of a Lakeview man who was partially eaten by his pet pit bull. more ›

Skokie police arrested a man who was posing as a doctor by posting classified ads in Bulgarian language newspapers and using toothpicks to perform acupuncture more ›

Let's start off the day with some news of the weird, shall we? There's a man out there passing himself off as a doctor, using toothpicks as acupuncture and prescribing pills that expired nine years ago to people who read Bulgairan language newspapers. more ›

We all know legal representation can be expensive. So maybe a you-scratch-my-back, I-defend-yours isn't the worst idea in the world. Unless you're DeKalb attorney Scott Robert Erwin, who accepted client payment in the form of nude dancing. Would you believe that's not cool with the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission? Erwin has been suspended from practicing law for 15 months. more ›

Today's Darwin award nominee: "A 30-year-old man dipped the rear tires of his BMW X5 into the Cal-Sag Channel Tuesday night to see if there was a leak. Moments later the vehicle was up to its roof in water, Worth police said." The guy was fine, so it's completely OK to laugh at this. [Trib] more ›

Man, weddings. They're nuts! Things just never go how you plan. Someone always drinks too much, or brings a date who wasn't invited, or...throws a knife at a kid wrapped in duct tape. Behold today's WTF, from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin: more ›

Well, here's a line you don't read every day: "A Metro East man is free on $20,000 bond after being accused of setting another man's pants on fire." The man was in fact not a liar--just a sleeper. Joseph Hornsey, 21, has been charged with aggravated battery. more ›