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Woman guilty in fatal overdose jailed again for failing drug test, prosecutor says

May 10, 2019 at 10:42 p.m.

A woman sentenced to probation and work release last July for the delivery of heroin that led to the overdose death of a Vernon Hills High School student was sent...

Federal proposal expands on Lake County’s fight against heroin

May 23, 2019 at 11:19 p.m.

Proposed federal legislation aimed at reducing heroin and other opiate deaths carries the name of a Lake County man who died of an overdose in 2008 and advances his sister's...

Baby sitter charged with murder faces deadline for trial or plea deal

May 10, 2019 at 10:42 p.m.

After more than three years of delays, a Lake County judge said this week that the trial of a Waukegan baby sitter charged with killing a 3-month-old girl will move...

Woman who set boyfriend on fire gets 12 years in prison

May 10, 2019 at 10:42 p.m.

A man set on fire by his girlfriend last spring in Antioch called a 12-year prison sentence approved Tuesday "a joke in my book." Deborah Roberts, 35, of Antioch, caused...

Stevenson student pleads guilty to gun charge

May 10, 2019 at 10:42 p.m.

A Stevenson High School junior was scheduled to be released from custody Tuesday after pleading guilty to a felony weapons charge for bringing a gun into a classroom at the...

Lake County team fights for better compensation for crime victims

May 10, 2019 at 10:42 p.m.

A local victims' rights advocate, the Lake County state's attorney and a state senator from Chicago have teamed up in support of an amendment to the Crime Victims Compensation Act...

A pig’s tale: Ingleside man reunited with lost pot-bellied pet

May 23, 2019 at 11:18 p.m.

And this little piggy came home. A pot-bellied pig was reunited with her rightful owner Wednesday morning, breaking the hearts of those who wanted to adopt the lost animal found...

‘Super friendly’ pet pig found in Ingleside

May 23, 2019 at 11:18 p.m.

So what was a young pot-bellied pig doing walking around Ingleside Monday afternoon in the middle of winter? If you know, call Lake County Animal Care and Control, because they...

In this Aug. 29, 1995, file photo, O.J. Simpson, second from left, is surrounded by his attorneys, clockwise from left, Ken Spaulding, back towards camera, Gerald Uelmen, Robert Shapiro and Johnnie Cochran Jr., as they discuss their plans for arguing the admissibility of the tapes of retired Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman in Los Angeles.

One big thing the O.J. miniseries gets right

May 11, 2019 at 3:01 a.m.

"The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story," FX's new miniseries about one of Los Angeles' most spectacular celebrity trials, isn't perfect. It gets some details a little wrong —...

Plea deal discussed for Waukegan woman accused of killing daughter

May 10, 2019 at 10:42 p.m.

A plea deal may be near for a Waukegan woman charged with murdering her 11-year-old daughter. In court Monday, a prosecutor and defense attorney both said progress is being made...

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