Man Who Fled To Poland In '95 Convicted In Illinois Crash
The crash killed Dennis Bourassa.
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The crash killed Dennis Bourassa.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday announced a new statewide mask mandate for all Illinois public and private schools. Some suburban school districts were in the process of deciding whether to require masks, until the decision was made for them with Pritzker's announcement.
Lake County, Illinois is now experiencing substantial community spread by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention standards – warranting the use of masks indoors by both vaccinated and unvaccinated people.
The Lake County, Indiana Sheriff's Department on Thursday was asking for help from the public in finding a man who has already been sentenced to the equivalent of a lifetime in prison on sexual assault convictions, but who absconded during trial.
Officials said, as the girl was walking, a man came out of the nearby tree line, grabbed her by the neck, shoved her to the ground, forcefully removed her clothes, and sexually assaulted her.
COVID-19 vaccines were combined with school spirit in the far north suburbs on Sunday.
Storm is charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count each of aggravated kidnapping, criminal sexual assault, aggravated battery, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, and unlawful restraint.
Ryan Storm has been charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count each of aggravated kidnapping, criminal sexual assault, aggravated battery, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, and unlawful restraint.
Lake County's health department said it will begin taking walk-ins on Saturday at the Lake County Fairgrounds vaccination site.
New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show an increasing number of Americans are skipping their second COVID-19 vaccination shots.
A Lake County municipal vehicle crashed into an automotive repair shop in Libertyville on Wednesday.
The first case of the Brazil COVID-19 variant has been identified in Lake County.
"Testing is extremely important because we need to have an understanding of how much community transmission is occurring."
The Illinois Department of Public Health is offering free COVID-19 tests at various mobile testing sites in northern Illinois.
Another benefit of these districts being able to partner with Walgreens means that many more vaccine doses will be available for others through the Lake County Health Department.
Region 4, the Metro East area near St. Louis, is now the only region of the state that has yet to move back to Tier 1 mitigations to resume limited indoor dining.
Lake County is looking for volunteers to help with the process.
An 8-year-old boy was found safe and his non-custodial parents were taken into custody late Saturday after police said the parents abducted him from the far north suburbs.
A murder suspect escaped from custody Monday afternoon while being extradited to Northwest Indiana from Texas, officials said.
One county in Illinois is already taking registrations for the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine shot. So far, more than 60,000 people in Lake County have signed up to be notified when they can be vaccinated.
If you live in Lake County, Illinois, you can register to get notified when a COVID-19 vaccine will be available to you.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday announced Region 9 (Lake and McHenry counties) would be the latest area of the state to face enhanced virus mitigations, starting Saturday.
A day after suggesting she would try to convince Gov. JB Pritzker to change his mind about his order for tougher COVID-19 restrictions in Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said "we're not asking for any special treatment," and said the city will enforce the new rules when they begin Friday.
