Lake County prosecutors this afternoon announced new murder charges in two notorious slayings that had been attributed to other men until DNA pointed away from … Read more ›
Crime
After 20 years in prison, man cleared in ’86 Waukegan rape
Lake County prosecutors have dropped rape charges against Bennie Starks, who spent 20 years in prison before DNA pointed away from him. Assistant State’s Attorney … Read more ›
Death of Lake County jail inmate Eugene Gruber ruled homicide
The death of a former Lake County jail inmate paralyzed after an altercation with a corrections officer has been ruled a homicide by the Cook … Read more ›
New trial denied for woman convicted in day care center murder
Attorneys for the woman convicted last year of killing a boy at Lake County day care center failed to win her a new trial Thursday … Read more ›
From the community
Traveler Advisory for Chicago?
NATO is coming:WHO WARNS WORLD’S TRAVELERSABOUT GUNFIRE IN CHICAGO?By A. J. GoldsmithIt seems that not a week goes by when our U.S. State Department does … Read more ›
Trial delayed for owner of day care where boy murdered
The trial was delay Monday for the woman who owned a Lincolnshire day care center when a boy was murdered there in 2009. The 30-day … Read more ›
Lake Forest updates harassment policies in wake of principal sexting scandal
City of Lake Forest employees will be provided with updated anti-harassment training as the result of an independent investigation into allegations that a Lake Forest … Read more ›
In first interview, Melissa Calusinski says she gave false confession to day care center murder
Melissa Calusinski felt nothing when a judge sentenced her last week to 31 years in prison. It was a stark contrast to the shock and … Read more ›
Videotaped confession shown at murder hearing
The smell of blood on his hands was almost unbearable. That was one of the gruesome details Daniel Baker shared with his interrogator as he … Read more ›
Baker: I was ‘possessed’ during killing in Vernon Hills
Daniel Baker asked his interrogator for a hug and sat crying softly in his arms. Then he said he thinks he was “possessed” when he … Read more ›
