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Judge Valerie Boettle Ceckowski, who presides over adoptions in Lake County Circuit Court, speaks during an Adoption Awareness Month gathering Friday at the Lake County Courthouse

Adoptions are ‘happiest events that take place in our courts’

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

Several local agencies were honored Friday for their work facilitating adoptions during a gathering organized by the Lake County Circuit Court, where the county's adoption process takes place. Timed to...

Marine Sgt. Joshua Vandusen works with Toys R Us cashier Lisa Neff of Round Lake Beach while she rings up toys headed for the Toys for Tots charity drive.

Marines spend $20K at Gurnee Mills for Toys for Tots

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

A military operation was underway early Thursday morning in Gurnee, unseen by most but guaranteed to bring smiles to young faces next month. Members of the U.S. Marines Air Control...

Sgt. Bryent Robertson hands boxes of toys to Sgt. Austin Demoney as they pack up one of their trucks Thursday during a Toys for Tots event at the Toys R Us store at Gurnee Mills mall.

Park district vows to regain trust of Marine Corps after Toys for Tots theft cases

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

Foss Park District officials in North Chicago are vowing to regain the trust of the Marine Corps in an attempt to participate in future Toys for Tots drives after four...

Profanity-laced threats aired before ex-teacher’s child porn sentencing

May 10, 2019 at 10:39 p.m.

Profanity-laced phone calls recorded from the Lake County jail were played during a sentencing hearing Wednesday for a former Highland Park High School substitute teacher convicted of possession of child...

Deerfield church pastor pleads not guilty to child sex abuse

May 10, 2019 at 10:39 p.m.

A pastor at an evangelical church in Deerfield was charged with the sexual abuse of a minor after he approached police and confessed to the inappropriate relationship, authorities said. The...

Toys for Tots cuts ties with Foss Park District after theft cases

May 10, 2019 at 10:39 p.m.

The annual Marine Corps Toys for Toys charity will not be returning to the Foss Park District in North Chicago this holiday season in light of theft charges filed against...

School nurses equipped to fight heroin, opiate ‘epidemic’

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

Nurses in schools across Lake County will be trained and provided with medicine to treat opiate overdoses under a program spearheaded by the Lake County Opioid Initiative. Stevenson High School...

The case of the open mic: Lake Zurich man gets six years for burglary of Barrington church

May 10, 2019 at 10:38 p.m.

An open choir microphone helped lead to the sentencing Monday of a Lake Zurich man to six years in prison for the burglary of a Catholic church in Barrington earlier...

Adelia Mahaffee sings "God Bless America" during a Veterans Day ceremony at the Lake County Building. She was 5 years old when her father, a captain in the Army, was killed in action in Iraq. He was a local attorney before leaving for active duty.

Veterans share war stories for Library of Congress archives

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

"I'm happy I'm here," World War II veteran John Miller said Wednesday to formally conclude a Veterans Day interview that will be sent for inclusion in the Library of Congress....

Officers patrol near Route 59 and Rollins Road in Fox Lake during a manhunt for three suspects in connection with the shooting death of Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz on Sept. 1, 2015.

State’s attorney reviewing prosecutions involving Gliniewicz

May 10, 2019 at 10:38 p.m.

The Lake County state's attorney's office is contacting defense attorneys whose clients entered guilty pleas or were convicted in any cases involving Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, in...

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