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Bulldog Security Expands Highland Park Service Fleet

By Steve Rifkin/Riffco | April 11 at 8:15 a.m.

Bulldog Security Systems of Highland Park has added additional service people and vehicles to better serve its North Shore residential and commercial security customers. Bulldog … Read more ›

Woman admits trying to pass stolen check at Highwood bank

March 26 at 6:37 p.m.

The Daily Herald reports: The second of two Chicago women accused of trying to cash a stolen check for $43,000 pleaded guilty to forgery Monday … Read more ›

Update: $750,000 bail for 2 teens in attack outside Congress Theater

March 13 at 11:25 a.m.

Two boys, ages 15 and 16, were ordered held on $750,000 bail today as police searched for a third suspect in the brutal beating and … Read more ›

Blotter: Burglary, suspended license and vandalism

By Sue Ter Maat | Feb. 17 at 1:42 p.m.

The following items were taken from Highland Park Police records on Feb. 16. Commercial burglary A burglar stole a Caterpillar Bobcat construction machine from behind … Read more ›

A driver uses a cellphone in Evanston in 2010. (Chris Walker, Chicago Tribune)

Ban on cell use while driving could go statewide

Feb. 8 at 6:29 p.m.

Drivers throughout Illinois would not be able to use hand-held cell phones when behind the wheel under a measure making its way through the Illinois … Read more ›

On Wednesday in Waukegan, Rodney Fernandes and his wife, Lyemia, attend the funeral for her sister, Lyvita Gomes, who died after a hunger strike while in the Lake County Jail. ( Chris Walker, Chicago Tribune / February 1, 2012 )

Funeral is held for inmate who died after hunger strike in Lake County Jail

Feb. 1 at 9:57 p.m.

Hundreds of people turned out at funeral services Wednesday for Lyvita Gomes, a native of India who died after a hunger strike in Lake County … Read more ›

Lake County sting found just a few selling alcohol to minors

By Andrea L. Brown | Jan. 27 at 2:13 p.m.

A countywide sting targeting stores and restaurants selling alcohol to underage customers in Lake County over the holidays found 12 violations. “Our desire is to … Read more ›

Services set for Lake County Jail hunger-strike victim

Jan. 26 at 11:39 a.m.

Funeral arrangements have been set for Lyvita Gomes, a Mumbai-area native who died in early January after going on a 15-day hunger strike in Lake … Read more ›

Athletic club personnel ‘work out’ happy ending to pattern of thefts

Jan. 7 at 7:12 a.m.

Staffers from the upscale East Bank Club in River North found it pays to be in shape after chasing down and apprehending a man who’d … Read more ›

State police point finger at prints analyst

Jan. 6 at 9:33 p.m.

The Illinois State Police said Friday that it had reassigned a fingerprint analyst and is reviewing a number of the analyst’s cases in Cook and … Read more ›

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