Alleged ISIS Conspiracy Sends 2nd Suburban Man To Federal Prison - Lake Forest-Lake Bluff, IL - Lake County resident Edward Schimenti was convicted of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist group.
MADEIRA BEACH â Shoreline protection has traditionally been accomplished through what Jack Cox calls âbrute force.â Miles-long steel breakwaters. Concrete barriers. The dredging of tons of sand or, in a Pinellas County ritual, depositing sand from the depths back onto the beach.
Coxâs company, Edgewater Resources, is among a new group of coastal engineering experts thinking differently.
âWe started exploring the idea of a really fundamental question: What is a breakwater?â he told a group of beach city mayors at a recent meeting of the Barrier Islands Governmental Council, or BIG-C. âWe all have visions of piles of rock or walls built high or concrete caissons. But we said no. A breakwater is something we can put out there to change the wave environment. However we choose to change the wave environment, we are free to work with. There is no constraint to say we canât make something that looks like an island, maybe change the shape of the bott
Dale Bowman
It’s a beautiful thing.
The regular season will open April 3, the early catch-and-release season on March 20.
UPDATED: The opener for the five Forest Preserves of Cook County sites have a delayed opener, click here to read.
Cook County sites includes Axehead, Belleau, Green, Horsetail, Sag Quarry East and Wolf Lake; in DuPage, Silver, Pickerel and Grove; in Kankakee, Bird Park Quarry and Rock Creek; in Kendall, Big Lake; In Lake, Sand; in McHenry, Piscasaw Creek and Atwood; in Will, Milliken.
Here is the word from the IDNR:
Illinois Spring Trout Fishing Season Opens April 3
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The 2021 Illinois Spring Trout Fishing Season will open Saturday, April 3 at 57 ponds, lakes and streams throughout the state.
Suburban Chicago Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS DOJ
WASHINGTON – An Illinois man was sentenced March 3 2021 to 12 years in prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham, a foreign terrorist organization (aka ISIS).
Joseph D. Jones, 38, of Zion, Illinois, was convicted by a federal jury on one count of conspiring to provide material support and resources to ISIS in 2019. According to court documents, Jones advocated on social media for violent extremism in support of the terrorist group. In 2015, Jones began meeting with undercover FBI employees and individuals who, unbeknownst to Jones, were cooperating with law enforcement. During the meetings, Jones discussed his devotion to ISIS and his commitment to ISIS principles.
As Lake Michigan beaches erode, millions of dollars have been poured into temporary solutions
By Patrick M. O’Connell Chicago Tribune December 20, 2020 11:22pm Text size Copy shortlink:
LUDINGTON, MICH. – As the wind whipped across the top of the Big Sable Point lighthouse, one of the most famous and beloved on the Great Lakes, Jim Gallie pointed to the disappearing beach: It s been progressively getting worse.
Hikers and beachcombers who trekked along the shoreline to the remote, historic lighthouse at Ludington State Park once had ample room between the waves and the metal breakwall.
Now the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is spending $130,000 to recap the sea wall and place new