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Antioch woman, 59, who died in crash identified
Special to the TribuneA 59-year-old woman died this morning after her car crossed the center line of Route 173 about 1.5 miles west of Lake Avenue in unincorporated Antioch, striking a semi carrying gravel that was traveling westbound. The McHenry County Coroner this...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Disasters and Accidents
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D214 creates new outreach department
Improving connections with alumni, writing more grants and enhancing social media initiatives will be the top goals of the new Community Engagement and Outreach department for Township High School District 214. The vote to create the department and hire...Tags: Social Media, Environmental Issues, Arts and Culture, Conservation, Media Industry
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Attorney, former McHenry County elected official committed misconduct, regulators say
Regulators have ruled that a lawyer who is also a former McHenry County Board member committed misconduct in connection with accusations he had sex with a legal client and accepted more than $100,000 in loans from her. Robert Bless, who also worked as a...
Tags: Trials, Illinois Supreme Court, Sex Crimes, Justice System, Lawyers
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Police blotter
The following items were taken from police reports. Mundelein •On May 18, a 26-year-old Lake In the Hills man was arrested on Ridge Avenue at Rays Lane and charged with disregarding a stop sign and driving without a valid driver's license. &#...
Tags: Wheeling, Cell Phones, Northbrook, Drunk Driving, Crime, Law and Justice
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Foes rally against proposed immigrant detention center in Joliet
Special to the TribuneOpponents of a proposed immigrant detention center in Joliet turned up the volume of their criticism this month. Gov. Pat Quinn last week joined Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and seven members of the U.S. House of Representatives in opposing...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Rentals, Pat Quinn, Immigration, Business Enterprises
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State studying new regulations for special education
Decades-old limits on the size of special education classes would disappear along with restrictions on the number of disabled students in traditional classrooms under proposals being pushed by state education leaders. The proposed changes could affect...
Tags: Trials, Union (McHenry, Illinois), Teachers, Burlington (Kane, Illinois), Justice System
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Judge to prostitute whose husband killed customer: 'Get your life in order'
Special to the TribuneA woman whose husband killed a man who had come to their home to pay for sex with her got a lecture from a judge today who sentenced her to two years of probation. “You are a 30-year-old woman with three children,” McHenry County Judge...Tags: Trials, Justice System, Prisons, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Woman who posed as drug counselor gets 5 years for forgery
A Cook County judge today sentenced a north suburban mother of two who authorities say posed as a licensed drug counselor to five years in prison for depositing into her own bank account insurance checks made out to one of her clients. Kimberly Even,...Tags: Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Credit and Debt, Crime, Law and Justice, Skokie, Punishment
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Lake Zurich, Mundelein, Wauconda police blotter: May 14
The following items are from police records: Lake Zurich •On, May 6 at 8:01 a.m., police received a report of the theft of scrap aluminum from a bin in the 900 block of Ensell Road. No suspect information was available. •On May 6, at 3:...
Tags: Theft, Wauconda, Drunk Driving, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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McHenry County man gets 50 years in 2011 slaying
A McHenry County man who was pimping his pregnant wife has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing a man who had come to their home for sex in 2011. Tim Smith, 28, who lived near Woodstock, had placed ads online soliciting sex with his wife,...Tags: Murder, Trials, Prisons, Punishment, Woodstock (McHenry, Illinois)
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2 charged after FBI robbery probe ends with 1 suspect dead
Tribune reporterTwo men whose accomplice was shot to death by law enforcement in far northwest suburban Richmond on Friday have been charged with attempted bank robbery after FBI agents investigating a series of robberies cornered them, according to the FBI. Aaron...Tags: Murder, Criminals, Theft, Firearms, Police Investigations
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FBI: Agent fatally shoots suspect at Richmond bank
Tribune reportersA robbery suspect was shot dead by an FBI agent in the parking lot of a bank in the small town of Richmond in McHenry County this morning, officials said. Two other suspects were taken into custody, officials said. The shooting happened about 11:30 a....Tags: Murder, Theft, Richmond (McHenry, Illinois), Bank Robbery, Law Enforcement
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