Check out some of the additional local headlines from the area, and if you're not tired of looking at politics, there are a few things that may have been lost in the shuffle this week.
- Elgin Man Charged With Pretending To Be Doctor -- An Elgin was charged for the second time with practicing medicine without a license, a Class 3 felony.
- Video Camera Found in Women's Restroom -- Police are looking into how a video camera wound up in the women's bathroom of a Buffalo Grove business Wednesday.
- Judge Tackles Suspected Car Thief -- A Cook County Circuit judge thwarted a break-in of his wife's car outside his North Side home Thursday night.
- 21 Doberman Pinschers Rescued from South Side Home -- Chicago police arrested a convicted felon and a woman in connection with the abuse and neglect of numerous dogs at a South Side residence.
- Veteran Cop Saved by Bullet-Proof Vest -- A veteran Chicago police sergeant was shot Thursday night on the South Side, but his bullet-resistant vest prevented serious injury.
- Teen Lookout Gets 30 Years for Gang Slaying -- Edgar Sanchez was 16 years old when he stood at an Aurora street corner watching for police or cars. He will be over 50 when he steps out of prison, a convicted murderer.
- Miscellaneous Suburban Incidents May Surprise -- It's hard to imagine that these odd events happened in the quiet suburbs.
- Vest Saves Officer from Serious Injury During Shootout -- A Thursday night shootout on the city's Far South Side left a Chicago police officer and a suspect wounded.
- Child Molestor Returned to Prison -- A man who has failed to follow legal procedures four times since being found guilty of sexually molesting a teenage girl 11 years ago has been returned to prison.
- Thieves Pose as Potential Snow Shovelers -- Thieves are posing as snow shovelers and robbing houses of Christmas gifts and personal belongings in the Morgan Park-Beverly neighborhood.
- Man Charged With Abusing Girlfriend's Daughter -- A Chicago man has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing his girlfriend’s 10-year-old daughter at their Pilsen neighborhood home on the Near South Side.
- Man charged With Burglarizing, Burning Home -- A northwest suburban man was ordered held on $80,000 bond Friday for allegedly breaking into a Schaumburg home and setting it on fire Wednesday.
- Man Held After Death Mother Found in Basement -- A northwest suburban man was ordered held on $5 million bond Friday after being charged with murder after the body of his mother was found strangled in the basement of their home Thursday.
- Grand Jury Accuses 6 of Preying on Elderly -- A grand jury in central Illinois has indicted six individuals on charges of financially exploiting elderly people.
- Teens Use Pellet Guns to Shoot at Plows, Police Say -- Three Fox Lake teenagers were arrested after shooting at snowplows, causing damage.
