Zion
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Man gets 68 years in prison for kidnapping, sex assaultDec 09, 2014 12:01 am - A man with ties to Lake County who was convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman during a multistate crime spree was sentenced Tuesday to 68 years behind b...
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Editorial: The needed closure of a murder trialDec 05, 2014 4:01 am - Two little girls, 8 and 9 years old, ride their bikes to a park to play. They never return home. The father of one of them finds them the next morning, both dead in the ...
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Zion man guilty of killing Waukegan man in 2013Dec 05, 2014 12:01 am - A jury has found 32-year-old Jamal Johnson of Zion guilty Thursday of killing a 23-year-old Waukegan man in the parking lot of a Zion food store. Johnson now faces up t...
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Official wants closure in Zion murders, no matter the costDec 01, 2014 4:00 am - Jorge Avila-Torrez already faces the death penalty and five consecutive life sentences for violent crimes he committed in Virginia, so is his return to Lake County to st...
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Former Zion man pleads not guilty to 2005 murdersNov 20, 2014 12:00 am - A former Zion resident accused of the notorious 2005 murder of two little girls in a Zion park pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in Lake County court Thursday. ...
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Self-published authors can enter Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author contestNov 19, 2014 10:00 pm - Illinois authors who have self-published an adult fiction book may enter the second year of the Soon to be Famous Illinois Author project until Monday, Dec. 15. The Soon...
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Murderer back to face charges Zion girls' killingNov 15, 2014 11:01 pm - Convicted killer Jorge Alvi Torrez, a Zion native and former U.S. Marine, has been returned to Lake County to stand trial in the notorious 2005 slaying of two girls in Z...
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Hit-and-run suspect held on $50,000 bailNov 10, 2014 12:01 am - A Lake County judge set bail at $50,000 on Monday for a Zion man charged with fleeing the scene of a crash that injured a skateboarder Saturday night. Epifanio Moya, 28,...
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Suspect arrested in Beach Park hit-and-run that injured skateboarderNov 09, 2014 12:01 am - Lake County Sheriff's police say they've caught the driver in a hit-and-run crash Saturday night that injured a teenager skateboarding in Beach Park. Authorities said in...
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Zion teen sentenced to 23 years for killing infant sonOct 20, 2014 1:01 am - A Zion teen was sentenced to 23 years in prison for killing his 5-month-old son when the child wouldn't stop crying. Victor Salinas-Corona, 18, must serve 100 percent o...