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Student arrested after battering staff member at Round Lake High School, prompting closure at area schools

Police say they have arrested a student after he became upset about being expelled and battered a staff member at Round Lake High School, prompting the closure of area schools. Round Lake Area Schools District 116 Superintendent Donn Mendoza said the incident occurred after a board of education meeting Tuesday evening. A student hit a […]

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‘High risk’ incident involving student prompts officials to close all Round Lake area schools Thursday

School officials issued an emergency closure for all Round Lake District 116 schools Thursday due to a “high risk” incident involving a high school student. The Round Lake Area Schools District 116, which has schools in Round Lake, Round Lake Heights, Round Lake Beach and Round Lake Park, sent an email to parents Wednesday evening […]

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Children’s baseball, basketball coach charged with possessing nearly 700 files of child pornography in Lake County

A Lake Forest children’s baseball and basketball coach was arrested after investigators found he was in possession of nearly 700 child pornography files, prosecutors said. Jarrett F. Malec, 25, of Round Lake, was charged with three counts of child pornography. Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney Francis DeRosa said a cyber tip was reported to the […]