Several residents are displaced after a fire, which reportedly started from a vehicle in a garage, fully engulfed a townhome and left three other units uninhabitable in Beach Park late Wednesday evening. The Newport Township Fire Protection District, Beach Park Fire Department, Zion Fire Rescue Department and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded at 10:47 p.m. […]
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2 men killed after head-on crash in unincorporated Lake County
Two men, one in his 20s and another in his 70s, were killed after one of their vehicles collided head-on with the other along the state line near Wadsworth Friday evening. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Newport Fire Protection District responded around 7:15 p.m. Friday to the area of West Russell Road and Delany […]
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Police locate missing 22-year-old man from Newport Township
Police have located a 22-year-old man who left his home in Newport Township without his wallet or cellphone. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said they were seeking the community’s assistance in locating Jamal J. Nash, 22, who was last seen leaving his residence at approximately 2 p.m. Friday. Nash was driving a black Ford Edge […]
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Coroner IDs two Beach Park men killed after high-speed crash near Zion
Authorities have identified two Beach Park men in their 20s who were killed Sunday after their vehicle went airborne for approximately 200 feet and crashed into an embankment near unincorporated Zion. An autopsy showed that Angel Calderon, 23, and Miguel Mandujano, 27, both of Beach Park, died of blunt force injuries caused by a motor […]
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2 men in their 20s killed after car drives off embankment, goes airborne near Zion
Two men in their 20s were killed Sunday morning after their vehicle went airborne for approximately 200 feet and came to a rest in an embankment near unincorporated Zion. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Newport Fire Protection District responded around 6:45 a.m. Sunday to West Russell Road and Delany Road in Newport Township for a […]
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2 killed after vehicle drives off embankment, goes airborne near Zion
Two people were killed after a speeding vehicle drove off an embankment and went airborne for approximately 200 feet near unincorporated Zion Sunday morning. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 6:45 a.m. Sunday to West Russell Road and Delany Road in Newport Township for a report of a vehicle crash with injuries. Sheriff’s deputies […]
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Newport Township trustee charged with DUI after crashing into sheriff’s squad car in Wadsworth
A Newport Township trustee was charged with driving under the influence after she rear-ended a stationary Lake County sheriff’s squad car in Wadsworth late Wednesday evening. Corey L. Kirschhoffer, 47, of the 39800 block of North Mauser Drive in Wadsworth, was charged with two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol and one count […]
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Motorcyclist dies after being ejected from bike during crash near Wadsworth
A motorcyclist is dead after being struck by a Jeep near Wadsworth Wednesday afternoon, sheriff’s officials said. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office was called at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday to a car that struck a motorcycle at Kilbourne Road and Route 173 in Newport Township. Lake County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Christopher Covelli said that a 1999 […]
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Two men charged with promoting prostitution near Zion
The Lake County Sheriff’s Gang Task Force and Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office Special Victims investigators arrested two men for promoting prostitution on Tuesday in Newport Township. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said that Gilberto Garcia, 22, of the 600 block of East Galena Boulevard in Aurora, and Jhonatan Diaz, 21, of the 38000 block […]