Lake County

Flag Featuring Obama's Face Angers Veterans

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Lake County Florida, Obama Flag, Video, Lake County Democratic Club, United States Flag, Barack-Obama, American Flag, Lake County, famousflags.com, Obama American Flag, Lake County Veterans, Don Van Beck, Florida Veterans, Nancy Hurlbert, Politics News

Lake County, Fla., veterans are up in arms over an American flag featuring stars, stripes -- and President Barack Obama's face. WFTV-TV reports tha...

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10 Non-Resolutions For Wine Drinkers

Mary Orlin | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: HoseMaster of Wine, Drink Local, Box Wine, New Year's, New Year's Resolutions, Cava, Prosecco, Diana Vreeland, Wine, Why Don't You, Lake County, Finger Lakes, Livermore Valley, Slidepollajax, Food News
Mary Orlin

I love New Year's -- a good excuse to drink bubbly, but I hate the idea of making New Year's resolutions, don't you? 

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Shirtless Man With Samurai Sword Arrested On Indiana Highway

Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Resisting Arrest, Samurai, Indiana, Northwest Indiana, Bryon Womack, State Troopers, Samurai Sword, Indiana State Trooper, Merrillville, Lake County, Shirtless, Carjacking, Marijuana Possession, Cicero, Chicago News

A Cicero man is being held in an Indiana jail after authorities found him marching shirtless down Interstate 65 wielding a 35-inch samurai sword Sunda...

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Floating Foot In Lake Came From Nobody Important

Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Weird Illinois, Antioch Lake, Lake County, Mannequin, Floating Foot, Floating Foot in Lake, Boy Finds Floating Foot, Weird News News

Authorities thought they were searching a lake for a drowned person, but were relieved when they discovered the victim was a dummy. A boy fishing ...

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Girl Claims Coroner Molested Her 'Two, Three Times A Week' For Years

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lake County Coroner, Deputy Coroner Teen Sex, Chicago, Lake County, Deputy Coroner Sexual Abuse, Illinois, Lake County Deputy Coroner, Robert Barrett, Chicago News

A deputy coroner in Lake County, Ill. faces four charges of criminal sexual assault and two charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, based on alle...

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Funeral Home Mislabels Two Sets Of Ashes

TribLocal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burnett-Dane Funeral Home, Lake County, Chicago Suburbs, Funeral Home Mixup, Lake County News, Chicago News

A Lake County funeral home recently sent two bodies to a crematorium, but the two sets of ashes it got back were labeled with the same name, the funer...

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Lake County Judicial Race Heats Up

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Judicial Experience, Judge, Mark Levitt, Lake County, 4th Sub-Circuit of Lake County, Wallace Dunn, Illinois, Chicago News
Miles J. Zaremski

Judge Wallace B. Dunn has been a sitting judge for 24 years, while Mr. Mark Levitt, with no judicial experience, has been a public defender in Cook County for 20.

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DNA Evidence Could Lead To Release Of Zion Man Jailed For Murdering Two Children

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zion, Illinois Crime, Dad Accused of Murder, Jerry Hobbs, Lake County, Krystal Tobias, Laura Hobbs, Dna Evidence, Chicago News

A Zion man jailed since 2005 on charges he murdered his young daughter and her friend could be released from custody as soon as Wednesday. ...

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DNA Evidence Clears Dad Jailed For Murders, Charges Dropped

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lake County, Jerry Hobbs Released, Jerry Hobbs, Zion, Krystal Tobias, Illinois Crime, Jerry Hobbs Charges Dropped, Laura Hobba, Chicago News

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — A northern Illinois man jailed on first-degree murder charges in the 2005 stabbing deaths of his daughter and another young gir...

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Former Teacher Pleads Guilty To Supplying Weed, Alcohol To Two 14-Year-Old Girls

Daily Herald | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marijuana, Alcohol, Chicago, Fox Lake, Grant High School, Lake County, Illinois, Lake County Court, Kym Krocza, Chicago News

Assistant State's Attorney Fred Day said Krocza, a math teacher at the school who was hired in 2000 but has since resigned her position, paid two 14-y...

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Leadville Deputy Tazed 30 Students At Career Fair

news.com | Jeffrey Wolf | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lake County, Career Fair, Tasing, Sheriff, Tazer, Police, Leadville Colorado, Denver News

LEADVILLE - Approximately 30 students voluntarily chose to be shot with a Taser by a sheriff's deputy during an annual career fair on Thursday. The Ta...

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Marina Aksman Murdered, Car Driven Into Her Home; Police Searching For Suspects

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vernon Hills Murder, Vernon Hills, Lake County, Marina Aksman, Illinois, Marina Aksman Murder, Chicago, Chicago News

Vernon Hills police are searching for two "persons of interest" after discovering the body of a woman apparently beaten to death in her Vernon Hills h...

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Leadville Firefighter Ticketed For Trying To Be Too Helpful

9News | Dan Boniface | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lake County, Firefighter Too Helpful, Leadville Firefighter Ticketed, Ticket for Helping, Citation, Denver News

LAKE COUNTY - A turf war seems to be brewing in Leadville. The Lake County Sheriff's Office says they cited Leadville fireman Daniel Dailey Saturda...

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WATCH: Metra Releases Haunting Video Of Train Striking Woman, Child

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lake County, Lake County Illinois, Metra Deaths, Train Death, North Chicago, Accidental Death, Metra Video, Video, Chicago News

On Saturday, a 34-year-old woman carrying her 1-year-old goddaughter attempted to run across Metra tracks to beat an oncoming train in North Chicago. ...

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Kevin Costner's Lake County Fielders Selling Tickets Without A Stadium

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Field of Dreams, Lake County Fielders, Lake County, Kevin Costner, Illinois, Chicago, Video, Chicago News

Sure, if you build it, they will come. But what if you don't? Baseball fans in Lake County are showing mounting excitement for their new minor-league...

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Tea, Green: Five Experts Serve Up Their Favorite Eco-Friendly Brews

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

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Avital Binshtock

The tea industry has an ugly history of deforesting, damaging biodiversity, and using pesticides. To promote more enlightened sipping, we asked five experts to name their preferred brew.

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Lake County Jail Ends Netflix Subscription

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lake County, Illinois Budget Crisis, Netflix, Lake County Jail, Budget Cuts, Netflix Jail, Chicago, Chicago News

When Lake County Jail inmates behaved, officials ordered a little weekend entertainment from Netflix, showing such hits as "Schindler's List" and "Hot...

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McClendon Murders: Charges Filed Against 2 Teens In Connection With Slaying Of TV Host's Parents

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ruby McClendon, Chicago News, Milton McClendon, McClendon Murders, Bernard Carter, McClendon Murder Suspects, Hammond-Indiana, Garrard McClendon, Lake County, Chicago News

A judge in Indiana has approved criminal charges against two teens in connection with the deaths of CLTV host Garrard McClendon's parents last week, L...

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Northwest Indiana One Of Nation's Least Healthy Places For Women

STNG/WBBM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LaPorte County, Gary Indiana, Health, Northwest Indiana, Lake County, Porter County, Self Magazine Women's Health, Northwest Indiana Health, Northwest Indiana Women's Health, NW Indiana Women's Health, Self Magazine, Chicago News

Northwest Indiana improved its health profile, even if it was by only one spot. In 2007, Self magazine named the Gary metropolitan area the unhealthi...

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GOP Ballot Segregation Effort Fails

Daily Herald | Russell Lissau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voter Fraud, Lake County Ballot Lawsuit, Citizen Action Illinois, Lake County, Lake County Voting, Voting, Lake County Voter Fraud, Chicago News

The Illinois Republican Party's legal attempt to stop thousands of Lake County ballots from being counted on Election Day essentially ended Monday whe...

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Lake County Sheriff Begins Week In Own Jail

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lake County Sheriff, Sheriff Sentenced, Lake County Jail, Sheriff Sentences Himself, Mark Curran, Sheriff Mark Curran, Mark Curran Jail, Lake County, Sheriff Goes to Jail, Chicago News

Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran began a week-long stint as an "inmate" in his own jail Wednesday. Curran believes the voluntary detention will give h...

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