CROWN POINT — The Lake County Fair was again jam-packed with activities Wednesday with woodworking demonstrations, flower displays and a swine show among programs drawing attention.
CROWN POINT — Parker Monix, 6, wore a bright orange T-shirt with the message: Keep calm and pedal on.
Photos by Kale Wilk, Times Correspondent.
Photos by Brandon Clair, Times Correspondent.
CROWN POINT | Attendance at this year’s Lake County Fair dropped by nearly 16,000 visitors over the previous two years.
CROWN POINT | Some 300 motocross riders and quad riders raced the circuit at the Martin Xtreme Racing and Motorcross Promotions Supercross Series at the Lake County Fair.
CROWN POINT | Like any other day at the Lake County Fair, visitors received friendly greetings as they arrived Sunday.
CROWN POINT | Crust, filling and fruit were flung into the air Thursday as contestants buried their faces into pies bigger than their heads during the pie-eating contest at the Lake County Fair.
CROWN POINT | Youngsters (and even those not so young) can try being a Farmer for a Day at this year's Lake County Fair, and learn how from someone who does it year-round.
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Meteorologists are urging people to be ready for dangerous weather Friday in parts of the Midwest and South. The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center warns that an outbreak of severe thunderstorms could cause hail, damaging wind gusts and tornadoes that could be strong and move on the ground over long distances. Meteorologists say the areas at greatest risk include eastern Iowa, western and northern Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee. Meteorologists say the conditions are similar to those a week ago that unleashed a devastating twister that killed at least 21 people in Mississippi.
A suburban Chicago teen accused of fatally shooting his 17-year-old girlfriend, a 9-year-old girl and the child’s father has been told a grand jury has indicted him on three charges of first-degree murder. Seventeen-year-old Byrion Montgomery of Bolingbrook went before a Will County judge Thursday and was informed that the grand jury indicted him in the March 5 slayings. Judge Dave Carlson also told Montgomery he will be transferred to the Will County Jail after he turns 18 on April 27. Currently he is being held at the River Valley Juvenile Detention Center in Joliet. The victims have been identified as 40-year-old Cartez Daniels, 17-year-old Samiya A. Shelton-Tilman and 9-year-old Sanai Daniels.
"What we are doing in this piece of legislation is a direct violation of the 8th Amendment," said Senate Democratic Leader Greg Taylor of Indianapolis.
The Florida Senate is passing a bill to repeal a law requiring a unanimous jury recommendation for the death penalty. The approval comes in response to the life sentence handed to the man who massacred 17 people at a Parkland high school. The bill passed on a 29-10 vote Thursday and will allow the death penalty with a jury recommendation of at least 8-4 in favor of execution. The House still needs to approve the bill. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis says he supports the proposal. The bill was proposed after a divided 9-3 jury spared Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz in November from capital punishment.
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Police were dispatched around 1:10 p.m. to the 4400 block of Delaware Street for a report of a homicide, Gary police Lt. Dawn Westerfield said. Officers found an unresponsive male on the front steps when they arrived.
She was charged with neglect of a dependent after her daughter's friend was found slurring her speech and stumbling, according to charging documents.
Candice Shaw, 40, was charged with four counts of battery and three counts of criminal confinement after allegedly beating one of her employees during an office Super Bowl party.
"The investigation is still ongoing and no arrests have been made yet," police said.
"What we are doing in this piece of legislation is a direct violation of the 8th Amendment," said Senate Democratic Leader Greg Taylor of Indianapolis.
Monday is the deadline for Indiana residents planning to vote in the May 2 municipal primary election to register in advance to cast a ballot, as required by state law.
New county population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau peg the population of Lake County at 499,689 as of July 1, 2022.
"The investigation is still ongoing and no arrests have been made yet," police said.