Extra Extra: Woman Charged With DUI In Crash That Injured 9 Children
- A Chicago woman has been charged with a DUI and child endangerment after she lost control over the SUV she was driving, leaving 11 people injured, nine of whom were children. The maximum seating of the vehicle is eight, and seven of the children were not wearing seat belts or other child restraints. The 30-year-old woman was the mother of several of the children. [CBS]
- State police plan to investigate the death of a 95-year-old WWII veteran, who died after being shot with a bean bag gun by police. [CBS]
- An Elgin woman was killed in a skydiving accident in LaSalle County. [Tribune]
- The burned remains of a man's body was found Thursday in a Bridgeport home that was gutted by fire four months ago. [DNAinfo]
- An Iowa man is credited with saving an elderly couple by pushing their stalled car from a railroad crossing as a freight train approached. [AP]
- Are the challenges faced by women journalists getting better? The office environment has gotten better... if the woman can get into one at all. [Reader]
