Ingleside News

A convicted sex offender recently released from prison is back in jail after he was arrested for possessing and manufacturing child pornography.

TRANSPORTING ALCOHOL: Joshua Johnson, 31, Ingleside, was arrested and charged with illegal transportation of alcohol and driving without a license May 30.

Fox Lake police broke up a dispute last week that involved an off-duty Lake County sheriff's deputy threatening to shoot a resident's dog, authorities said.

A 26-year-old Lake Villa man is in custody after going on a burglary spree in Fox Lake and Ingleside early this morning, police say.

By FRANK ABDERHOLDEN fabderholden@scn1.com Over in the Indian Mounds subdivision near Ingleside, homeowner Richard Hironimus looks at the unoccupied home next door at 34782 N. Forest Ave.

An Ingleside man accused of molesting a 5-year-old girl in broad daylight outside her home pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Lake County Circuit Court.

Board member Connie Thorsen has again asked for the resignation of three Gavin school board officials Tuesday for supporting the former board president in activity that was deemed illegal in Lake County court.

Gavin Elementary School District 34 board President Barbara Mende was convicted Friday in connection with bidding violations involving the school district.

The president of the Gavin Elementary District 37 school board was found guilty today of illegally stringing bids together for contracts she approved.

Lake County Forest Preserve District commissioners and officials toured more than 700 acres of new preserve property across the county Wednesday, culminating the trip at the new 261-acre Prairie Stream Preserve ...

“Once people get into astronomy, they learn how to observe better”

Rather than wait for stargazers to come to them, the Lake County Astronomical Society recently started ambushing innocent bystanders outside public libraries around the county with their large telescopes aimed ... via News-Sun

“I'm here every day by 8 a.m. doing homework”

James Dudek remembers sitting in the College of Lake County parking lot for more than 40 minutes, wondering if someone his age belonged in college. via Daily Herald

A former YMCA camp employee has been charged with filching tens of thousands of dollars from the organization, Lake County sheriff's officials said Thursday. via Chicago Tribune

“Now it's a time where people are hurting. ... Your tax bill is (a) major, major, major (expense). There are people who are going to be losing their homes because they can't afford it”

Measure passes on vote of 13-10 Tuesday's 13-10 roll-call vote by the Lake County Board to give themselves annual raises contained several ballots within it. via Suburban Chicago News

“My work has continued to increase and increase and increase. Our expenses have increased no different than anybody else's.”

With 13 members up for re-election in November, the Lake County Board will vote Tuesday on a resolution to give itself 4 percent salary increases in 2009 and 2010 and 3.75 percent raises in 2011 and 2012. via News-Sun

Battle lines are being drawn for a looming fight over whether Lake County Board members should give themselves pay raises. via Daily Herald

The incident happened on April 18 as the victim and her twin brother where riding their bicycles on the driveway of their home in north suburban Ingleside. via WLS-TV Chicago

“Had our detectives not tracked down this monster, God only knows what could have happened to someone else.”

A 23-year-old man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl who was playing in her driveway with her twin brother earlier this month. via Suburban Chicago News

The Lake County Sheriff's Office is investigating an aggravated sex assault to a 5-year-old female. via The Deerfield Review

“Won't you please, please help me?”

A pair of feisty Ingleside cats mouthing the words to a classic Beatles song are gaining national attention. via Daily Herald