Lost emu raises ruckus on Route 3:
Six times during the weekend, police here responded to the same call: a 100-pound emu running wild near Illinois Route 3.
The 5-foot-tall bird caused quite a ruckus, especially when it wandered into traffic on the busy highway, Police Chief Richard Miller said.
Sure, when it was apprehended, the emu told the cops it was lost, but the word I heard on the street is that this particular emu was looking to hitchhike to Carbondale to settle a score.
