Christi Parsons

A Republican candidate for the County Board was appointed Tuesday to the seat he will run for in the November general election. Ed Fojtik, an Ingleside businessman, won the Republican...

A citizens` call for a November referendum proposal on village management should be invalidated because it did not meet a state deadline, a challenger charged this week. Lawrence Traynoff entered...

Larry Crews of Waukegan was indicted Wednesday on murder charges in connection with the shooting death of a friend who had reportedly hit him with a water balloon. Crews, 37,...

City Manager Donald Eppley has tendered his resignation after six years of service and sometimes contentious relations with some City Council members. Eppley, 51, handed in his letter of resignation...

County Board members argued Tuesday about the forced resignation of the Health Department`s staff chief, but conceded that the commission they appointed to oversee the department acted within its authority....

A vacant seat on the Lake County Board may be filled this month by Fox Lake pharmacist Ed Fojtik, a Republican running for the seat in the November election. Fojtik...

Imagine, if you will, this fall without political signs. No ''Vote for So-and-So'' or ''Re-elect Somebody''in your face every time you`re idling at a stoplight. None of those red, white...

Three troubled Lake County school systems got their second potential financial windfall in a week Tuesday when the U.S. House overwhelmingly approved additional money for school systems near military bases....

A Band-Aid proposal to remedy the overcrowded Lake County court system was met with favor by some county officials during preliminary consideration of the $5.5-million plan by the Law and...

Plans for a rail line that would take commuters through central Lake County are on track but still face economic barriers, according to Metra officials. Representatives of the suburban transit...