A man charged with killing his brothers outside of a Highland Park home earlier this month is due to return to Lake County within the next seven days after waiving extradition in St. Louis, authorities said. Lake County Major Crimes Task Force spokesman Christopher Covelli said Lake County authorities are working with police in St. […]
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Lawmaker pushing fuel gas detector law to help prevent Illinois natural gas explosions
While natural gas may not yet have been identified as the cause of an explosion that killed a 77-year-old man and shocked an entire neighborhood near Lake Zurich, a Republican State Senator from McHenry said he would like to see legislation enacted that calls for natural gas leak detectors to be installed in all rental […]
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Illinois Attorney General joins other states, DOJ, to sue Ticketmaster
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined 29 other states and the U.S. Department of Justice to file a civil antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation Entertainment Inc. In a news release issued Thursday, Raoul alleges in the lawsuit Live Nation Entertainment Inc., and Ticketmaster has illegally monopolized the live entertainment […]
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2 Lake County high schools rank among top 10 high schools in Illinois for 2024
Two high schools in Lake County ranked among the top 10 in Illinois in a new study from U.S. News & World Report ranking high schools across the country. U.S. News & World Report released its 2024 Best High Schools rankings earlier this week. The rankings evaluate nearly 18,000 eligible public high schools at the […]
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Attorney general issues warning to Illinois residents about text message scam involving I-PASS
The attorney general is warning Illinois residents about a scam involving unsolicited text messages targeting I-PASS customers into sharing personal and financial information. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Friday said in a statement that his office has taken reports from consumers who received scam text messages. The messages claim the recipients owe money to […]
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Residents in Lake, McHenry counties reported feeling shaking following earthquake in north-central Illinois
The USGS reports that residents in Lake and McHenry counties felt the shaking from the 3.6-magnitude earthquake in north-central Illinois Wednesday morning. The earthquake occurred in Putnam County on the border of LaSalle County, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake, which was at a depth of 2.86 miles, occurred around 4:41 […]
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Feds warn about ‘sharp increase’ in fentanyl being mixed with animal tranquilizer
Federal officials have issued a warning to the public about a “sharp increase” in fentanyl being mixed with xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, and local officials say it has been detected in Lake County. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued the nationwide alert last week. Xylazine, also known as “Tranq,” is a powerful sedative that the […]
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Illinois General Assembly passes bill banning ‘assault weapons,’ restricting magazine sizes
The Illinois House and Senate have both passed a bill that bans the future sale of certain semi-automatic guns and various capacity magazines. The measure now heads to the governor to sign into law. Senate Amendments to House Bill 5471 bans the future sale of about 100 different semi-automatic pistols, shotguns and rifles. The sale […]
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Illinois Senate passes bill banning ‘assault weapons,’ restricting magazine sizes
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Senate late Monday passed a bill that will ban the future sale of certain semi-automatic guns and various capacity magazines, along with requiring current owners of those guns to register them. ‘We’ll see you in court,’ Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, said just before the vote. Senate Amendments […]