Russell Lissau
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Lake County Board candidate demands gun control action; rival calls timing of comments 'extremely disappointing'Oct 31, 2018 1:00 am - After the massacre of 11 Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue, a Lake County Board candidate is calling for the board to take action on gun control. Susan Malter, a Lincol...
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Civil rights group says anti-Jewish extremists are emboldenedOct 29, 2018 1:00 am - Reports of anti-Semitism increased dramatically in Illinois and the nation last year, according to data from a prominent civil rights group. Forty-seven incidents of ant...
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Island Lake police Chief Sciarrone fired for 'gross incompetence'Oct 26, 2018 1:00 am - A month after being placed on administrative leave, Anthony Sciarrone has been fired as Island Lake's police chief, officials confirmed. Sciarrone, a former village trus...
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Will Vernon Area Public Library building expand?Oct 25, 2018 1:00 am - As they plan for the future, Vernon Area Public Library District officials are considering expanding the main building and razing a nearby annex. Other options include r...
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Stevenson High students march to cast first votesOct 24, 2018 1:00 am - A group of first-time teen voters and supporters marched from Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire to a nearby polling place Wednesday afternoon to promote early voting...
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61st House District candidates getting big help from political groupsOct 22, 2018 1:00 am - Both candidates for the state House 61st District post have received substantial financial backing from their parties and political action committees representing other ...
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Should Vernon Township voters eliminate highway district? Officials disagreeOct 20, 2018 1:00 am - Vernon Township residents have the rare chance to jettison a layer of government this election. Voters will be asked if the township road district - a small, independent...
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Democrat outraising Republican rival in 58th House District raceOct 19, 2018 1:00 am - Democrat Bob Morgan's fundraising total for the year's third quarter was more than double that of Republican Fredric Bryan "Rick" Lesser, his rival for the 58th House Di...
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GOP megadonor Uihlein gave $305,000 to state Senate candidate Davie, report showsOct 18, 2018 1:00 am - Nearly all the cash Republican state Senate candidate Barrett Davie got from supporters in the year's third quarter came from one man: conservative megadonor and fellow ...
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Schneider's fundraising dwarfs GOP challenger's, records showOct 17, 2018 5:30 am - For years, the race for Illinois' 10th Congressional District seat has been among the costliest House contests in the nation, with candidates on both sides collecting an...