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Extra Extra: Nine Kids, Two Adults Hospitalized After Van Collision

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Jun 24, 2013 11:00PM


  • Nine children and two adults were taken to hospitals after a van filled with special needs students collided with another van on the Far South Side. [Tribune]

  • A Gold Coast doorman helped thwart a man who is wanted for two sexual assaults on the Near North Side over the weekend. [Sun-Times]

  • A body was found in Lake Michigan near Belmont Harbor. [ABC7]

  • Study shows Chicago has really great drinking water... comparatively. [Sun-Times]

  • GOP official resigns post after calling former Miss America (and fellow GOP politician) a street walker. [Tribune]

  • A nasty fungus is blinding and killing Chicago area dogs. [CBS]

  • Prosecutors say this former political aide spent more than $217,000 in AIDS awareness grant money on a house, football game skyboxes and interns. [Tribune]

  • Beyonce is performing at the United Center in December. [DNAinfo]