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Lake County Circuit Court Judge receives Lifetime Advocate Award from Arab American Bar Association

Lake County Associate Judge Michael B. Betar received the 2024 Arab American Bar Association of Illinois Lifetime Advocate Award during a judicial reception in Chicago earlier this month. The Arab American Bar Association of Illinois is a professional association of attorneys dedicated to the rule of law, equal justice, fellowship, legal education, and community service […]

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4 years in prison for 2018 candidate for Illinois governor convicted of threatening to kill 2 Lake County judges

A former Antioch man who ran for Illinois governor in 2018 has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to threatening to kill two Lake County judges. Grayson K. Jackson, also known as Kash Jackson, 44, of Paris, Arkansas, was charged in late 2021 with two counts of threatening a public official […]

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Lake County judge rules Kyle Rittenhouse should be extradited to Wisconsin to face murder charges

A Lake County judge has granted an extradition request to have 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse sent to Wisconsin to face murder charges. Lake County Judge Paul Novak issued the ruling Friday afternoon. Rittenhouse’s lawyer, John M. Pierce, previously argued that sending Rittenhouse to Wisconsin would violate his 14th Amendment due process right because he would be […]