Patch Roundup: New Lenox Mayor Says ‘Boycott’ Gas Stations, Burger King Brawl

Protest Planned on 95th Street Over Police Racial Profiling Allegations • Mother's Day Fire Guts Camelot Banquet Hall • Former Mokena Fire Protection District Chief Del Yunker dies

Palos—Chicago Man Sought in Palos Hills Bank Robbery—The FBI believes Joseph Anderson, 32, robbed three Bank of America branches, including one in Palos Hills in April and another in a different suburb Monday morning. Beverly-Mt. Greenwood—Protest Planned on 95th Street Over Police Racial Profiling Allegations—A graduate student who has filed a $1.5 million civil suit against Oak Lawn is leading a protest against allegations of racial profiling by Evergreen Park and Oak Lawn police departments. Orland Park—Man Caught Trying to Open Car Roof with Knife—An Orland Park man is also accused of stealing from several cars in the village and in nearby unincorporated Cook County Wednesday morning. Evergreen Park—Legal Woes Surround 'Racial …

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Maybe the 'No Shirt, No Shoes' Sign Needs to Say 'No Pants,' Too

Three days of nudity at the Burger King will get you arrested. Just one of the "Good Reads on the Southland" you may have missed last week.

If you were consumed by last week's news of the daring raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, you may have missed a handful of Good Reads on the Southland. 1. The Burger King Has No Pants: What did they say about the emperor who wore no clothes? At least he didn't get arrested. A Palos man drove through the Burger King drive-thru window three days in a row with his pants around his ankles, according to police. 2. Guns for Osama: Killing Osama bin Laden is as good a reason to buy a gun as any. And one New Lenox gun dealer offered folks a 9.11 percent discount last week in honor of the terrorist's long-overdue demise. 3. From Marian Catholic to Man Candy: OK. I had no idea who Colin Egglesfield was until someone e-mailed me photos …

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Tessa Groll

9:55 am on Monday, May 9, 2011

Ah, while I always love the big stories, I always get suckered in by the small gem of a story. Thanks for these!   more ›