Category: Stateline area
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Excessive Heat Warning Thursday
Health officials, National Weather service offer tips to keep cool With an anticipated heat index exceeding of 100 degrees Thursday, the National Weather Service issued an Excessive Heat Warning for the first time in four years, according to its website. “When warm temperatures combine with high humidity, conditions feel warmer than the actual air temperature,”…
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One identified in double fatal Fox Lake crash
Fiery crash involved several motorcycles, pickup By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Authorities identified one of two men involved in Saturday’s fatal crash in Fox Lake, Ill. as 43-year-old Matthew Stautz of Rothschild, Wis. Stautz, pronounced dead at Centegra Hospital McHenry, had been a driver of one of the three motorcycles that collided with a…
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Two dead in Fox Lake crash
Vehicles engulfed in flames, authorities said By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Two people are dead following a fiery crash that involved several motorcycles and a pickup truck in Fox Lake, Ill. Saturday, according to a village fire official. Fox Lake Fire Commander Brent Connolly stated his department was called to the scene near the 6800…
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Deputies kill murder suspect
Man was wanted for double homicide in Kentucky Local sheriff’s deputies early Saturday shot and killed a Florida man suspected of murdering his father and his father’s girlfriend in Kentucky. According to authorities in Kentucky and various area news reports, Gerald R. Boyes, 53, of Jacksonville, was shot as he displayed a pistol to deputies.…
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Vinyl spins true for Antioch store
Traditional record albums find a market at local shop By Jason Arndt Staff Writer When Salem resident David Prucha decided to leave the auto sales business 17 years ago to open a record store in Antioch, Ill., his wife Christine thought he was crazy. With the rise of the compact disc and subsequent advancements in…
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Fox Lake man charged for drugs, child pornography
By Jason Arndt Staff Writer A 24-year-old Fox Lake man received a $400,000 bond in Lake County Circuit Court Thursday on 16 felony charges, including seven counts of child pornography, after a two-week sting conducted by Lake County authorities. Why anyone would want to look at these things when they can find great videos to…
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Electrifying honor
The Supalo family, father Michael, twin brothers Graham and Miller, 3, and mother Erin, throw the switch at the 40th-annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in front of the Antioch, Ill., Village Hall, 874 Main St., on Nov. 27. The Supalo’s achieved the electrifying distinction by winning this year’s Village of Antioch Christmas Ornament Decorating…
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A fallen officer’s sad tale of betrayal and suicide
Gliniewicz committed suicide to avoid facing criminal probe, officials say By Jason Arndt Staff Writer On the surface, Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz was a military veteran, family man and well-respected officer with the Fox Lake Police Department. However, according to investigators, he was a thief and an embarrassment to the law enforcement community who committed…
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Investigators say officer was killed with his own gun
Signs of struggle noted at crime scene Fox Lake Police Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz was shot and killed with his own weapon following what appeared to be a struggle, investigators in the case said Thursday. Authorities are continuing to investigate the case as a homicide, Commander George Filenko of the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force…
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County officials are pushing flu shots
The Lake County Health Department Community Health Center is encouraging residents to get a flu shot this fall. Last year, six deaths and 49 intensive care unit admissions were associated with complications brought on by influenza in Lake County. “Those six months of age or older should get a flu shot, especially children younger than…