Troy Bianchi thought it was just a headache, a nagging reminder of a routine helmet bump with a Lakeland High teammate during football practice. In reality, his brain was bleeding and within days he would wind up in intensive care.

Troy Bianchi thought it was just a headache, a nagging reminder of a routine helmet bump with a Lakeland High teammate during football practice. In reality, his brain was bleeding and within days he would wind up in intensive care.

Troy Bianchi thought it was just a headache, a nagging reminder of a routine helmet bump with a Lakeland High teammate during football practice. In reality, his brain was bleeding and within days he would wind up in intensive care.

A 4-year-old Layton girl died over the weekend from what's believed to have been exposure to a gas used to kill rodents. Now her 15-month-old sister is in intensive care for the same thing, and investigators still don't know how the gas leaked into their home.

A 23-year-old Oak Lawn man remains in intensive care after he was hit by a wayward car at 5:30 a.m. Sunday in Tinley Park. The man was struck by a 20-year-old Orland Park man who hit the pedestrian, left the roadway and flipped his 2003 Acura in the 6100 block of Jennifer Ave., Tinley Park Police Cmdr. Pat McCain said. Both men were at a party at a home on the block. Alcohol was involved and ...