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Lake County sheriff to electronically monitor Hastert
A haggard-looking Dennis Hastert can be seen in a booking photo released Wednesday — the first public image of the former House speaker after he left federal prison where he spent 13 months for scheming to cover up his sexual abuse of boys.
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Cook County jury awards more than $4 million to family of stroke victim
Updated Jul 19, 2017 7:57 PMA Cook County jury awarded $4.1 million to the family of a woman who suffered a stroke while recuperating from a hip fracture at a Bartlett nursing facility and died four years later.
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Lake Children’s Advocacy Center celebrates 30th anniversary
Updated Jul 19, 2017 10:32 PMA celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Lake County Children’s Advocacy Center’s 30th birthday will be held Wednesday, Aug. 2, at the center in Gurnee. Deputy Governor Leslie Munger is the special guest.
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Lake County man denies sexually abusing teen he met on social media
Updated Jul 19, 2017 7:14 PM
A Lake County man accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl in a Waukegan motel room pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that could send him to prison for 45 years.
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Dawson Builders opens showroom in Barrington
Updated Jul 19, 2017 10:13 AM
Dawson Builders employees celebrated the grand opening of their new showroom last week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the help of the Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce and other community members.
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Investigation continues into controversial photo of Barrington High students
Updated Jul 19, 2017 9:40 AM
Barrington Area Unit District 220 officials continue to investigate the circumstances of a controversial photograph of eight high school students that surfaced on social media last week.
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Marriott Lincolnshire Resort reopened after flooding
Updated Jul 19, 2017 8:37 AM
Marriott Lincolnshire Resort reopens for guests and Marriott Theatre resumes performances of “The Bridges of Madison County” nearly a week after rising floodwater forced an evacuation of the facility.
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Lake County providing training to avoid police dog opioid overdoses
Updated Jul 18, 2017 7:52 PM
Authorities in Lake County are offering police dog opioid overdose training to handlers in response to the dangers of fentanyl, a synthetic pain killer sometimes added to heroin.
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Beware of after-flood scammers, Lake County sheriff says
Updated Jul 18, 2017 5:17 PMLake County sheriff’s police are warning people affected by last week’s flood to beware of scammers.
- Animals, music, contests and much more at Lake County Fair
- Rauner pledges amendatory veto of school funding plan
- Improved Lake County juvenile justice center opens
- Routes 120, 173 fully reopened in Lake County
- Lake County urges residents to report flood damage
- New leader for Barrington-area government group
- Help give Waukegan Art Bus a makeover
- Special electronics collection in Lake County
- Relocation of historic Barrington home hits snags
- Cook County declared disaster area
- Volunteer tutors sought
- Why Illinois’ personal income growth is 49th in nation
- Flood outlook varies town-to-town as more officials promise help
- Rauner declares emergency as river towns brace for more flood trouble
- Rauner declares Lake, McHenry, Kane counties state disaster areas
- Preckwinkle: Cook County has laid off more than 300
- Hawthorn Woods man wants to find stolen 5-foot rooster statue
- St. Viator offers ‘Service & Song’ summer camp
- Cook County leaders pile on Assessor Joe Berrios
- No immediate federal help expected for flood victims
- 89th annual Lake County Fair
- Suburban caregivers get small raise, but fight wages on
- Images: Monday scenes of flooding along Fox and Des Plaines Rivers
- Suburban county fairs mix new attractions with returning favorites
- Lavelle Law completes move to new office in Schaumburg
- Images: Friday scenes of flooding in Lake, Cook and Kane counties
- Girls swimming: Mikolajewski to lead Barrington’s program
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- Plug-in vehicles to be featured at July 27 forest preserves event
- Tom Cullerton to host community job fair for area residents
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- Nostalic Music Program Strikes a Chord at The Garlands
- Summer fun and cooking out at Immanuel Lutheran’s community meal July 27
Community Photos
- Nathan Cummings of Grayslake was the overall men's winner at the Long Grove Heritage Run on Sept. 8 with a time of 18:28. Nathan participated on behalf of OMNI Youth Services, one of the 10 charities participating in this year's event. G Dorner
- Nearly 100 fourth-through-seventh-grade students from St. Malachy School in Chicago visited Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest Feb. 7 for a day of events including an uplifting gospel liturgy, pizza lunch, talent show and a carnival. This celebration marked the latest chapter in a Black History Month tradition between the inner-city grade school and the North Shore high school dating back to 1996. Pictured here, students from both schools joined the combined choirs at the conclusion of the gospel liturgy to sing “We Shall Overcome” in honor of Pete Seeger, who passed away Jan. 27. Woodlands Academy
- Children make pine cone bird feeders at the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) class, hosted by Citizens for Conservation in Barrington. During the first part of the class, the children used binoculars to look for birds and count how many they saw. Their results were tallied and added to a global database as part of the international bird count. Tom Benjamin
- Christian Liberty Academy team praying before the game Eileen Glad
- Forest preserve employees hauled used Christmas trees to the Baker's Lake heron rookery using all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles. Volunteers from Citizens for Conservation and Friends of Deer Grove East were waiting on the island to trim the trees and stand them upright or lay them flat, providing nesting structures for herons, egrets and cormorants. Approximately 80 ? 100 Christmas trees are recycled in this way every year to freshen the rookery. Steve Halm
- 2012-13 Christian Liberty's 1st Baseball Regional Win!! 5-18-13 6-0. Winning pitcher, only pitcher Senior David Colbert. Team won this together. Great plays by Aaron Karr, Shawn Andersen, Juan Pagan, Aaron Cunningham and last out caught by Brendan Brosnan. David did an awesome job pitching and catching line drives at the mount. Freshman Tim Laskowski, Peter Grob and Jimmy Calkins thanks for getting on base in order to score. Aaron Karr, Shawn Andersen, way to move our players on the bases with your great hits-triples and doubles and Daniel Glad and JD for your great catches. This was definitely a team playing together to win the victory. Eileen Glad
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It’s countdown time for Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart’s 41st annual financial aid fundraiser, Congé. Modeling this year’s theme colors are (from left) Co-Chair Mary Oelerich of Chicago, Silent Auction Chair Alison Kohlmeyer of Lake Forest and Co-Chair Jean Olson of Evanston. The fundraising starts at 9 a.m. Friday, April 11, with online bidding at www.bidpal.net/Congé for a variety of exciting silent auction items such as four VIP tickets to a Los Angeles taping of Conan O’Brien’s TBS TV show, a Chicago Blackhawks hockey stick signed by members of the 2013-14 team and for wine enthusiasts, a 750ml bottle of Chateau Petrus Pomerol (2006). Online bids will be accepted up to and then as part of the silent auction that takes place during the Congé dinner event which begins with cocktails at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Glen View Club, 100 Golf Road, Golf, IL. Silent auction bidding ends at 10 p.m.
For more information about Congé contact Woodlands Academy Associate Director of Advancement for Special Events Tami Rocha at 847-234-4300, ext. 226 or visit www.woodlandsacademy.org Woodlands Academy - The Kaleidoscope School of Fine Art, 316 W. Main St. in Barrington, is holding a raffle of custom, hand-crafted, European doll furniture and accessories to help raise scholarship money for students. 3 Prize raffle drawings are to be held during the Art School’s Summer Children’s Art Show at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. The public is invited to view the unique doll-sets and/or buy raffle tickets at Kaleidoscope Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm, Sat., 9am-1pm. For info, call 847-381-4840 or visit www.KaleidoscopeSchoolofFineArt.org Doug Jennings
- The Smart Arts Class at St. Mark's Day School in Barrington Hills celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday with a big celebration. The 4 and 5 year olds learned about the author, read and acted out scenes from an assortment of Seuss books, and dressed in the cat's red and white hat, red bow and whiskers. Dr. Seuss is just one of many well-known authors that the children are introduced to during the year. St. Mark's Day School
- Harper College's fountain on the Euclid Road side of the campus Frank P. Sesko Ed. D.
- Face N Time takes the stage at the annual Alpine Fest in Lake Zurich. k gerdts
- At Frank Kania's 100th birthday, state Rev. Fred Crespo (left) presents Frank with his House Resolution, HR1182, honoring Kania. Raj Upadhyaya
- Girl Scout Troop 40523 delivered cookies to the homeless at JOURNEYS | The Road Home in Palatine. The clients felt grateful receiving such a special treat. JOURNEYS | The Road Home
- Women gathered for a wonderful luncheon at the Inverness Golf Club April 30 to benefit JOURNEYS | The Road Home. JOURNEYS provides supportive services to over 1,300 homeless and at risk families and individuals annually. It also manages the PADS shelter program. The "Garden of Giving" Women's Luncheon raised nearly $8,000. JOURNEYS | The Road Home
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Liquid Fusion Cafe Lincolnshire Grand Opening
Pictured is the barrista counter of the anticipated grand opening of Liquid Fusion Cafe, 275 Parkway Drive, Suite 315 in Lincolnshire, will officially take place on Sept. 23 at 1 p.m. Johan Lee - Eight-year-old Noemi Avalos of Barrington has quite an audience during a recent tennis lesson at Midtown Athletic Club in Palatine. Twice a week, Avalos brings a throng of stuffed animals and treats them to a courtside view of her workout with coach Krisztina Anderko. Laughs Noemi's mom, Elizabeth: "At first she just would bring 2-3 animals, but then she told me it was unfair not to bring the others." Dave Silbar/SilbarPR
- Children look for birds as part of the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). The GBBC is an annual event at which bird watchers of all ages count birds to get a real-time snapshot of where birds are all over the world. The local event was hosted by Citizens for Conservation in Barrington. Tom Benjamin
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"Local Girl Needs Help"
A little girl in our community needs help with medical expenses. Her name is Isabella Oliver. Please see her story at: www.gofundme.com/Isabellasjourney. "Give, and you will receive...The amount you give will determine the amount you get back." Luke 6:38. Friends of Isabella Oliver - Citizens for Conservation (CFC) volunteers started off the new year last Saturday by clearing brush from an oak woods owned by CFC. Dedicated volunteers have worked there for 5 years to clear invasive plants from the 6-acre parcel and have made good progress. Restoration has already begun on the site. Donna Bolzman
- 28 Mixed Media pieces by Peggy Gannon will be displayed at the Starline Gallery in Harvard April 25 from 6-9 p.m. Peggy Gannon
- The sun through the beveled glass of the front door window panes cast a rainbow effect on our Himalayan cat, Juneau, as she made herself comfortable on the basket of clean towels. Barrington, Illinois Terry Abel
- I took this picture as a reflection in my patio door with the fireplace burning Marsha Storzbach
- South Barrington Garden Club Donates $1,200 to Home of the Sparrow Left to Right: Sophia DeVries,Fund Development Mgr of Home of the Sparrow; Nancy Ebner, President of South Barrington Garden Club and garden club members Judy Decker and Susan Slapke Beverly Rupany
- St. Francis de Sales students from the play, "The Little Mermaid." Performances will be held at 7 p.m. May 17 and 18. Angela Mooney
- U9 Barrington Broncos Travel Team Spring Classic 2013 Champions: front row, James Ensign, TJ Swidorski, Ryan Anderson, Tommy Kondraros, Danny Sheedy; and back row, Justin Mirski, Logan Eisenbarth, Tristan Roney, Peter Maestranzi, and Brady Dern. Caroline Eisenbarth
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- Animals, music, contests and much more at Lake County Fair
- 89th annual Lake County Fair
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