Krokodil Drug Tears Flesh from Bones of Local Women: Patch Roundup

Area Hospital Sees First Cases of Deadly Flesh-Eating Drug

A Joliet doctor is treating three women — 18 to 25, middle-class and suburban — who took "krokodil," a heroin substitute that's become known as the "flesh-eating" drug because it causes gangrene and abscesses so severe that muscles, tendons and bones can be exposed.

Who’s Bedding Who in Oak Lawn Government? Let's Make a List

The village board heard an unusual proposition last week from a trustee who wants government officials to fill out a detailed form listing all sexual partners. He says this will strengthen the local ethics code.

Craigslist Used to Find Teen Sex at Taco Bell: Prosecutor

An Orland Park man accused of trying to set up a sex date with what he thought was a teenage girl advertising her availability on Craigslist broke down in tears in court this week. And he got fired from his job.

Tinley Walmart Foes Urge Lincoln-Way Board to Vote 'No'

After the Summit Hill School District 161 board voted against proposed Walmart incentives for land owned by Lincoln-Way High School District 210, foes of the Tinley Park development urged the Lincoln-Way board also to vote "no" — and deprive the district of millions of dollars it would get for selling the land on Harlem Avenue and 191st Street.

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