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Extra Extra: Tom Dart Decries State Cuts To Mental Health Services

By Rachel Cromidas in News on May 7, 2015 10:20PM


  • Sheriff Tom Dart wishes someone with "a functioning brain" in Springfield would fix the state approach to incarcerating the mentally ill and the recent cuts to health services. [DNAinfo]

  • You know those white Buddha head sculptures around town? Someone has stolen and vandalized the statues stationed in Bridgeport. [DNAinfo]

  • Kale Chips, the adorable, overweight rescue Beagle, is in better health, says One Tail At A Time. [RedEye]

  • For $195 a night, Airbnb users can stay in a Schaumburg treehouse with a working (somehow) fireplace. But village officials are not pleased. [Tribune]

  • Anyone hiring? Disgraced former congressman Aaron Schock is apparently back in town and on the job hunt. [Sun-Times]
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