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People who make false threats should be charged as terrorists
I am writing in regard to the lockdown at Portage and Chesterton. I feel the people who make these threats, if caught, should be tried as terrorists. They not only threaten the students but the whole community.
Teen thwarts attempted Highland home invasion
HIGHLAND | A high school student home alone with her grade school-aged brother scared off a man who broke into her home Wednesday morning by calling police.
Police: Facebook comments lead to lockdown at Lowell High School
LOWELL | Students at Lowell High School were on lockdown for about an hour Friday.
Lowell High School on lockdown
Lowell High School was placed on lockdown Friday for a possible threat. Lake County Sheriff's Police were called to the school.
Prison guard hospitalized after assault at maximum-security prison
SPRINGFIELD | A southern Illinois prison guard is undergoing treatment at a St. Louis hospital for facial fractures after he was beaten seriously Wednesday by at least one inmate.
Sheriff declares civil emergency at Cook County Jail
CHICAGO | Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart has declared a civil emergency at the Cook County Jail. The move allows Dart to direct staff from other sheriff's department functions to the jail.
Sheriff puts Cook County Jail on lockdown
CHICAGO | The arrival of the storm prompted Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart to authorize a lockdown at the Cook County Jail.
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