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Honorary 6-Year-Old Chicago Cop Dies Days After Special Roll Call: Patch PM

Chain-reaction I-55crash| Melissa McCarthy drops honor on floor | Senior carjacked but cops are swift | Denny Hastert sex apology | Traffic.

Stories worth talking about tonight:

6-Year-Old 'Honorary Chicago Police Officer' Dies of Cancer

  • Madison Pruitt dies days after Chicago police fulfill her lifelong dream by making her an honorary police officer.

Chain Reaction Crash on I-55 Sends 3 People to Hospital

  • Police say the crash occurred due to people not paying attention.

Plainfield's Melissa McCarthy Takes Home MTV's Comedic Genius Award

  • McCarthy crowdsurfed to the stage and then accidentally dropped her award.

4 Teens Arrested Within Minutes of Senior Citizen Carjacking: Village

  • An elderly Oak Park couple identified two men and two juveniles in a lineup as the people who hijacked their car, police said.

Company Sues to Stop Anti-Abortion Group's Graphic Leaflet Campaign

  • The Lake Forest-based medical waste disposal company wants the nonprofit to end its local canvassing campaign.

Dennis Hastert 'Earnestly Apologizes' for Sex with Boys

  • Ex-U.S. speaker "profoundly sorry," lawyer says, for watching them shower, massaging them, sleeping with them and having oral sex with them.

Killer Tornado: Widower Made Video of Dark Cloud That Killed His Wife

  • On the anniversary of wife's death, as tornado season begins anew, Clem Schultz doesn't want people to make his mistake.

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