By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor While the investigation into the murder of Tywon Anderson continued this week, the main suspect in that case was still in an Illinois county jail as of Wednesday morning. After two weeks of pursuit by several law enforcement agencies, Andrew Obregon, 32, of Brighton, was captured […]
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AT&T in Burlington robbed
Two men – one armed with a semi-automatic handgun – robbed the Burlington AT&T Wireless Logic store on Milwaukee Avenue Thursday evening. According to a press release issued by the City of Burlington police department, the two suspects entered the store shortly after 7 p.m. and ordered employees onto […]
Missing a cat? Call Love Inc.
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Employees at Love Inc. in Burlington are looking for someone who donated a brown couch last week – and is missing the black-and-white cat that hitched a ride in it. The cat was found in the couch Oct. 15 when employees brought the overnight donation into […]
School district OKs teachers’ contract
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The 2015-16 contract between the Burlington Area School District and the Burlington Education Association – the teachers union – was approved by the School Board Oct. 12. The contract gives a 1.62 percent increase in base salary per cell – which Superintendent Peter Smet said was […]
Tattoo shop closes after withdrawing application
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Fat Daddyz Tats in Burlington officially reached the end of its lifespan Oct. 13. The business, which closed its doors a day earlier, came off the city tax rolls when the City of Burlington Plan Commission denied Mary Ann Sander’s conditional use application. The vote was […]
Man killed in SUV rollover on bypass
A 67-year-old man was killed late Monday morning when he was ejected from his SUV as it rolled over on the Highway 36 bypass just south of Yahnke Road in the Town of Burlington. The name of the victim was not released Monday night pending notification of relatives, according to […]
Bus driver finds corn field instead of road
A Waterford school bus driver accused of driving into a cornfield with four students on the bus was charged Thursday with four counts of first-degree reckless endangerment. Jason S. Stalbaum, 38, of Waterford, appeared in Racine County Circuit Court Oct. 8 to face the four Class F felony charges. The […]
Town Board OKs fire station renovation
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor By a unanimous vote from the public in attendance, the Burlington Town Board on Thursday approved $865,000 for the renovation of Fire Station No. 2 in Bohners Lake. The item had to go back to the electors Oct. 8 because repeated attempts to bring the project […]
Two weeks of tension ends in carjacking, chase and arrest
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The tableau set by Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth Tuesday night was colored deeply with relief. He and his deputies had huddled around their various radios around 4 p.m. Tuesday, waiting for two critical words. “In custody,” finally came across the radio. And, while Beth waited, […]
Breaking: Obregon captured in Illinois following carjacking
Law enforcement officials captured Kenosha County fugitive Andrew Obregon just prior to 4 p.m. Tuesday following a vehicle chase, authorities have confirmed. The car chase ended on Lewis Avenue just south of Russell Road in Lake County, Ill., according to the Kenosha County Sheriff’s office. Illinois law enforcement officers captured […]
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