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Driver ran stop sign while opening can of beer, seriously injuring Lake County sheriff’s deputy, authorities say

The deputy was responding to reports of a battery around 6:10 p.m. Sunday, her car’s lights and sirens activated, when the truck ran the stop sign at Edgewood Road and Lewis Avenue in Waukegan, the sheriff’s office said.

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Shopkeeper rescues abducted toddler after carjacker runs over his mom in suburban Chicago, police say

CHICAGO — Police are looking for a man driving a stolen white BMW who carjacked a woman and ran her over before abducting her 2-year-old who nearly wandered into a busy street after being abandoned Thursday afternoon near Libertyville, officials said.

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Arrest warrant issued for former MTV star accused of making arrangements to have sex with underage girl

Connor N. Smith, 32, was actually communicating with a Lake County sheriff’s detective posing as a girl under the age of 15, authorities said.

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Finding big shed antlers

Jim Jeffries found big shed antlers in Lake County to earn Shed of the Week.

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State should move quickly to create a park along unused Route 53 right of way in Lake County

Finding an unbroken, contiguous stretch of open land is hard in an urban area. Some environmentalists worry this idea is on the back burner.

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Illinois parade shooting suspect makes brief return to courtroom for case update; 10,000 pages of reports have been shared

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — Lake County prosecutors indicated the massive investigation into the July Fourth Highland Park parade shooting is still ongoing during a brief courtroom appearance Tuesday for alleged shooter Robert Crimo III.

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Here’s what it will take for city, suburbs to partner on economic development

Local officials’ optimism is encouraging, but not enough when it comes to securing solid and long-term investments in the area.

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Longer Waukegan Airport runway is not a good reason to take forest preserve land

Where’s the offer to give the Lake County Forest Preserve District so many acres of such high quality that the deal is an undeniable win-win?

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Beach Park man accused of kidnapping 3 Ohio children

Police say Michael Negron, 19, had been communicating with a 12-year-old girl from Middleton, Ohio. He was found with the girl, her sister and a 15-year-old in Lake County.

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Grayslake man charged with indecent solicitation of a child

Thomas E. Edwards Jr., 29, was communicating online with an undercover detective posing as a girl younger than 15, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

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The joy of a personal-best walleye on first ice

Randy Lobono caught his personal-best walleye on first ice, and I mean first ice, in Lake County.

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Woman dies while working on production floor of business in Gurnee

Leily Lopez-Hernandez, 29, suffered sharp force and crushing injuries, according to the Lake County coroner’s office.

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13-year-old boy, woman killed when Metra train strikes car in Lake County

The driver of the Elantra was going south on Wilson Road when he passed the crossing’s warning lights and lowered gates, police said.

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Father of July 4 Highland Park shooting suspect has been charged with 7 felonies

Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart said the charges of reckless conduct are based on Robert Crimo Jr. sponsoring his then 19-year-old son's application for a gun license in 2019.

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Prosecutors charge father of alleged Illinois parade shooter with felonies for sponsoring son’s firearm ID card

CHICAGO — Lake County prosecutors announced Friday they have charged Robert Crimo Jr., father of alleged Highland Park parade shooter Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, with felony reckless conduct for sponsoring his son’s firearm owner’s identification card.

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Friends recall lives of Illinois family killed in murder-suicide: ‘She was just coming into her own little person’

CHICAGO — Vivian Kisliak was a child who took charge. When her friends all tried to pile into her family’s golf cart, she’d maintain order, determining whose turn it was to take a spin in it and begging one of the adults to drive it.

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Father grew volatile, erratic leading up to Illinois family’s deaths: ‘So many red flags’

CHICAGO — The five people found dead in a Buffalo Grove home Wednesday were likely killed in a murder-suicide carried out by Andrei Kisliak, police said Monday, as court records showed Kisliak growing more volatile and erratic in the weeks leading up to his family’s deaths.

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Jury awards $2.6 million to fired Lake County circuit court clerk workers

Three former employees said they were let go the day after Erin Cartwright Weinstein took office in 2016 because they supported her opponent.

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2 children among 5 people found dead in suburban Chicago home, officials say

CHICAGO — Five people were found dead Wednesday in a Buffalo Grove home, officials of the suburban village said. Two of the deceased are children, Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek said Thursday morning.

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Prosecutors give defense attorneys 2,500 pages of evidence against alleged Illinois parade gunman Robert Crimo

CHICAGO — Prosecutors said Tuesday that they have turned over a huge amount of evidence to defense attorneys for the man accused of killing seven people in a shooting on the Fourth of July in Highland Park.

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Abortion vs. Mike Madigan? Democrats and Republicans play hole cards in high-stakes battle for control of state Supreme Court

It wasn’t really possible for Democrats to draw the new state Supreme Court map in a way that would have assured them of winning one of the seats on the November ballot, as would have been their normal tendency. Instead, both seats are in play.

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3-year-old boy killed by family member reversing vehicle in Beach Park

The boy rode his bicycle behind the vehicle as it was backing up, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

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Man shot, killed in Lake County residence

Tino Roane, 37, was shot about 12:40 a.m. Thursday during an argument in the 38100 block of North Loyola Avenue, the Lake County sheriff’s office said.

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Highland Park Fourth of July massacre: First lawsuits filed, call attack ‘predictable and preventable’

Suspect Robert Crimo III “was ready to go to war — just as Smith & Wesson told him he could,” according to suits that accuse the gunmaker of “deceptive and unfair marketing” and also target others, including Crimo’s father.

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Man dies in Lake County Jail same day he was booked

The 51-year-old was found unresponsive in his cell Friday night. Foul play is not suspected, officials said.

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