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Tuesday, June 18, 2019

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Kenneth Seplak listens during his last this week in Lake County court in Waukegan. Tuesday, a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder for killing David Gorski of Libertyville in 2016.

Lake County | Jury finds Round Lake Beach man guilty of killing romantic rival

A Round Lake Beach man was found guilty of first-degree murder for gunning down a romantic rival from Libertyville. Kenneth Seplak, 39, now faces life in prison when he is sentenced July 30.
Police investigate a shooting Tuesday at Berkshire Circle and Wakefield Drive in Carpentersville.

Crime | Carpentersville police shoot man who shot at them first, chief says

A Carpentersville police officer shot and injured an armed man who shot at him and another officer first, Police Chief Michael Kilbourne said.
Amanda Meiborg

Education | West Chicago District 94 to reconsider memorial policy after tree honoring graduate was removed

It is too costly to preserve all class gifts and memorials accumulated over the past 93 years at West Chicago High School, officials said Tuesday, "and therefore impossible to do." But District 94 officials admit they mishandled the removal of a plaque and tree planted in honor of former student Amanda Meiborg.
Mary Becker, left, of Crystal Lake and other residents demonstrated outside the McHenry County Courthouse Tuesday to keep AJ Freund’s memory alive and to call for improvements at the Department of Children and Family Services.

McHenry County | Demonstrators seek to keep AJ's memory alive as case against parents proceeds

Each time Richard and Mary Becker think of their grandchildren, they also think of AJ Freund, the 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy who authorities say was fatally beaten by his parents. "We need to keep the boy's memory alive," said Mary Becker, one of about a dozen demonstrators outside the McHenry County Courthouse Tuesday, where AJ's parents made brief court appearances.
The White Sox will extend the protective netting that hangs between the field and the crowd around home plate.
White Sox | White Sox are MLB's first team to announce protective netting extension
As some point "later this summer" the Chicago White Sox are going to have extended protective netting that runs from foul pole to foul pole at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Ohio-based Fifth Third Bank will close 44 Fifth Third and MB Financial branches in the suburbs and Chicago next month.
Business | Fifth Third to close 44 local branch banks
Fifth Third Bank will close 44 Fifth Third and MB Financial branches in the suburbs and Chicago next month, part of the Ohio-based bank's move to streamline operations in the wake of its merger with MB Financial Bank last year.
Brad Stephens
Politics | If appointed to open legislative seat, Rosemont mayor says he would keep both positions
Rosemont Mayor Brad Stephens has put his name up for consideration for the legislative seat vacated by Michael McAuliffe, and says even if he were chosen, he'd remain mayor.
Police in Schaumburg say they have a person in custody as they continue to investigate what they’re calling a “domestic-related incident” that left a 57-year-old man dead Monday night.
Crime | Person in custody after Schaumburg man found dead
Schaumburg police say they have a person in custody in connection with the death of a 57-year-old man in what authorities are labeling a "domestic-related incident."
After more than 20 years as a reporter for WGN-Channel 9, Marcella Raymond says she’s suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder because of her job, reports Robert Feder.
Columns | Feder: WGN reporter says job gave her PTSD
After more than 20 years as a reporter for WGN-Channel 9, Marcella Raymond says she's suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder because of her job, reports Robert Feder.
St. Charles has raised its tobacco possession age to 21. The move aims to keep tobacco and alternative nicotine products out of the hands of minors and underage young adults, especially in the high schools, Police Chief James Keegan said.
News | In light of state tobacco law, St. Charles raises possession age to 21
Starting next month, people under the age of 21 won't be able to purchase tobacco anywhere in Illinois. In St. Charles, they won't be able to possess it, either.
The 119-year-old Bergman family farmhouse on Algonquin Road just west of Ela Road in Hoffman Estates is expected to be demolished soon after a long effort to find a builder to restore it was declared over by the village board Monday.
News | Historic Hoffman Estates farmhouse to be razed after builder doesn't show up to save it
The 119-year-old but dilapidated Bergman farmhouse in Hoffman Estates -- hoped for the past four years to find a builder interested in restoring it for its historic value -- won't be getting any older.
It turns out the dates on food labels have little to do with food safety. In many cases, expiration dates do not indicate when the food stops being safe to eat — rather, they tell you when the manufacturer thinks that product will stop looking and tasting its best.
News | This man ate 'expired' food for a year. Here's why expiration dates can be meaningless.
"I ate heavy cream I think 10 weeks past date," says Mom's Organic Market founder and CEO Scott Nash, "and then meat sometimes a good month past its date. It didn't smell bad. Rinse it off, good to go." It was all part of his yearlong experiment to test the limits on food that had passed its expiration date.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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