A man was driving his car through the intersection of Elston and Foster avenues in Sauganash, when his car tumbled into a 10-to-12-foot sinkhole. more ›

We've heard a lot about potholes around the area lately (and the city's failure to fill some of them) but we've got nothing on Des Plaines. An officer drove his car up onto the sidewalk to test for "dead zones" on the sidewalk" only to have a sinkhole open up and swallow his car. Authorities say the area had been hit hard by last September's flooding and erosion was more than likely responsible for the sinkhole. [ABC 7] more ›

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] more ›