7 Beers, a Cubs Fan, a Toddler and a Drive Home from the Cubs Game: Patch PM

Stories worth talking about tonight:

Dad 'Downed' Beers at Cubs Game Before Driving with Unbuckled Toddler: Police

He said he wasn't drunk. He was just "buzzed." This is the second time the Stickney father has been arrested by the same officer for DUI and child endangerment, according to police. "The fact that Mr. Gomez was arrested ... in 2010 for the exact same charges of drunk driving and child endangerment by the same officer is astonishing," says Riverside's police chief.

Chicago Etch-A-Sketch Artist Re-Creates Art Institute Painting From 'Ferris Bueller'

Jane Labowitch needed 8 hours in 4 sittings to complete her Etch-A-Sketch version of the famous Georges Seurat painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte—1884 hanging in the Chicago Art Institute.

Engine Cover Tears Away on Chicago-Bound Delta Jet

The plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Tennessee Sunday afternoon while en route to Midway Airport.

Joliet Teacher Takes 2nd Place on 'Jeopardy'

The Sator Sanchez Elementary teacher took home $11,600.

Cops Fatally Shoot Bank Robber on Southwest Side

An armed confrontation near 49th and Karlov Monday left one man dead.

14-Year-Old Lured Through Internet Into Sexual Abuse: Cops

She was picked up at Plainfield Central High School and then sexually abused, police said. Her assailant was arrested at a taco restaurant.

Visitation Set for Barrington High Grad Who Suffered Fatal Head Injury at U of I

Authorities believe Bret Vogt was impaired, due to alcohol, and fell and hit his head in Urbana last week.

Featured Blogger | Silver Cross Hospital: 281-Pound Woman Given 5 Years to Live: Surgery helped a mom dramatically improve her health.

Also Worth a Look Today

• Man Jumps From Downtown Chicago Parking Garage and Dies
• 2 Million-Dollar Powerball Tickets Sold in Illinois
• Driver Taken to Hospital After Crashing Into Elgin Post Office
• Friday the 13th Threat Unfounded: LW Central Principal
• Woman Goes Into Cardiac Arrest, Dies Following 2-Vehicle Accident in Joliet

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