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Lindsay Lohan gets good grades in her DUI class
(CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.com) — Lindsay Lohan has never been rude, disrespectful or showed up drunk to her court-mandated alcohol education class, her progress report shows. A three-page document released Tuesday by the…
Family of boy killed in DUI keys case to sue cops
CHICAGO (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) – The family of the five-year-old boy who died in a drunk driving crash in Steger early Monday is preparing to file two separate suits against the Chicago…
Chicago nurse wins $78,000 in handcuff suit
A Chicago-based nurse landed a $78,000 payday for standing up for her principles. In August a Chicago police officer handcuffed Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center nurse Lisa Hofstra when she…
Driver with gas hose dangling from truck arrested
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Police arrested a South Bend man for drunken driving after other motorists reported their vehicles were struck by a hose from a gasoline pump dangling…
Charges upgraded for South Side driver in fatal crash
CHICAGO — Charges were upgraded Thursday afternoon for an Englewood man who drove a van that fatally struck a 6-year-old girl and critically wounded her aunt Tuesday night on the…
Man gets seven-year sentence for sixth DUI conviction
WOODSTOCK — A Wonder Lake man received permission to hug his mother before he was led away today to begin serving seven years in prison for his sixth drunken-driving conviction….
Chelios can keep license for now
Battling a drunk-driving charge, ex-Chicago Blackhawks star Chris Chelios won a key legal victory Wednesday when a DuPage County judge ruled police didn’t have probable cause to arrest him. The…
Allegedly intoxicated fire lieutenant runs over fire hydrant, hits tree
CHICAGO – A Chicago Fire Department lieutenant was charged with DUI after allegedly driving onto someone’s lawn and plowing over a fire hydrant — breaking it completely off — before hitting…
Police pursue drunk driver all the way from Indiana
CHICAGO — A drunken driver was arrested after leading police on a chase that began in Indiana and ended outside a North Side police station after the car blew two…
IDOT, Illinois State Police kick off impaired driving campaign as Super Bowl Sunday nears
IDOT, Illinois State Police remind football fans to designate a sober driver before the party begins SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and Illinois State Police officials today announced…