Nemesis McHenry is next obstacle for Warren softball team to clear

Here are the top 10 things you need to know about Warren’s 7-2 victory over visiting Zion-Benton on Saturday in the finals of the Class 4A regional softball tournament:

• Area throwers do heavy lifting at state boys track meet

  

  If there was any doubt, the issue was settled Saturday: Lake County had the state’s top shot putters this spring. That was apparent after Libertyville’s Matsen Dziedzic, Stevenson’s Jordan Fobbe and Grant’s Brandon Lombardino finished 1-2-3 in the Class 3A state finals at Eastern Illinois University.

• Man found shot to death in Zion store parking lot identified

  The man who was shot to death in a downtown Zion parking lot in broad daylight on Thursday, May 23, was Mutassem Ahmad Abdelaziz, 23, of Waukegan.

• Ealy found guilty in Burger King strangulation case

  

  A Lake County jury has convicted James Ealy of strangling his former boss during a 2006 robbery at the Lindenhurst Burger King restaurant where he once worked.