Young Antioch organ donor’s heart lives on

Lizzie Collins’ passing at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville began a new chapter for the Antioch family and individuals across the country, as her decision to become an organ donor set in motion a series of medical procedures that saved lives and restored sight.

• Attorneys blame daughter for Lincolnshire sledgehammer attack

  A 14-year-old conspired with a 17-year-old to attack her father and his new wife while they were in their Lincolnshire bed asleep, not the man’s ex-wife, defense attorney Gillian Gosch said Tuesday.

• Lake Villa home invasion nets 30-year term

  An Antioch man will spend 60 years behind bars for committing two home invasion crimes less than two weeks apart.

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• Libertyville High band director fired for ‘inappropriate relationship’ with former student