College Kid Takes Butcher Knife to Mom for Tuition: Patch PM

College Boy Went to Jail Instead of School After Attacking Mom: Cops

The mom was ready to driver her son to the train station so he could get back to school. But police say the son had other plans. He wanted to kill her and collect the insurance money, police said. “While she began backing out of the driveway her son asked her to stop the vehicle because he forgot something inside,” reads a police report. “When he returned to the inside of the vehicle he pulled out a 6-inch butcher knife and proceeded to attack.” Mom sped down the driveway, and a relative nearby saw the struggle in the car and called police. The son, Michael Bernhard, went before a judge Tuesday morning.
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3rd Fatality in Wisconsin Canoe Accident Identified Tuesday

• Search and recovery efforts were under way Tuesday as authorities try to find fourth friend and New Trier High graduate who died on the icy lake.

Deputy Applauded After Saving Woman from Sinking Car

• When Deputy Tyler Johnson saw the car in the near-freezing water, he didn’t hesitate to jump in and save the driver.

Officer on Scene Immediately Thought Gliniewicz Killed Himself

• New documents also contain interviews with Fox Lake police who say the criminal cop was not well-liked. They believed he was “too vain” to commit suicide.

Gray Seal Pup Marks First Birth of 2016 at Brookfield Zoo

• The pup will remain behind the scenes while she bonds with her mother.

Win Valentine’s Day Wedding on the Willis Tower Skydeck

• Four lucky couples will win a 15-minute wedding or vow renewal ceremony on the famed Ledge 1,353 feet above the city.

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• Police say the drunken man threw bottles at the bartender’s head on New Year’s Eve because service was too slow.

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