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‘It’s not like waving a wand’: Lake County police departments struggle with mandated marijuana expungements

March 8, 2020 at 12:56 p.m.

Line by line, report by report, records personnel in police departments across the state are undertaking the tedious task of expunging certain low-level marijuana offenses. The automatic expungements, which apply...

Waukegan approves police sergeants, lieutenants contracts with raises up to 3.25%

March 5, 2020 at 10:42 a.m.

Despite Mayor Sam Cunningham repeatedly saying his goal is to bring raises for city employees down to about 2% a year, the Waukegan City Council this week approved union contracts...

Construction is underway on $6 million worth of improvements at Waukegan's Corrine J. Rose Park, pictured on March 2.

Rose Park water playground on track to open in Waukegan ahead of summer season

March 4, 2020 at 8:31 a.m.

The "Taj Mahal of splash pads" is on track to open in Waukegan just in time for summer, the Waukegan Park District executive director said. Part of a $6 million...

Lawsuit alleges Lake County special ed district failed to protect student from repeated sexual abuse by teacher’s aide

March 3, 2020 at 4:33 p.m.

The parents of Special Education District Lake County student they say was sexually abused by a teacher's aide filed a lawsuit Tuesday, alleging that the district created the circumstances that...

Lake County schools are ‘casting the net a little wider’ when investigating threats, officials say

March 2, 2020 at 9:31 a.m.

North Chicago Community High School closed for the day last month over a Snapchat threat. Then Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Waukegan went on a soft lockdown over another online...

Lake County Board member Dick Barr, at his home office in Round Lake Beach, in January 2018 before he was elected to the board.

Lake County Board member says ‘serious conversation’ needed about accusations leveled against fellow board member

March 1, 2020 at 6:05 p.m.

At least one Lake County Board member is calling on the board to weigh in on accusations leveled by Avon Township trustees against the township supervisor, who also sits on...

‘Stability is what is needed’: Waukegan mayor lays out priorities for transition following library executive director’s ouster

March 2, 2020 at 7:52 a.m.

The healing needs to begin as the Waukegan Public Library moves into a transition period following the ouster of its executive director, the library board president said. The library –...

Lake County sheriff: After squad struck in head-on collision, deputy chases down suspect

February 28, 2020 at 9:58 a.m.

A 24-year-old Spring Grove man was charged with felony driving under the influence after authorities say he struck a Lake County Sheriff's Office squad car head-on early Friday and then...

Waukegan man suspended from Grayslake school position, fired from Antioch coaching job after being charged in anti-prostitution sting

February 27, 2020 at 8:18 a.m.

A program assistant at Community Consolidated School District 46's Park Campus in Round Lake was among 14 men arrested earlier this month as part of a nationwide anti-trafficking sting. Timothy...

The College of Lake County has announced plans to constructan innovation laboratory at its Grayslake Campus via a $175,000 grant from Baxter International.

Move out of state prompts former Grayslake District 127 superintendent to resign from CLC board

February 26, 2020 at 1:06 p.m.

Retired Grayslake High School District 127 Superintendent Catherine Finger has stepped down from the College of Lake County's governing board, citing a move out of the district. The college's Board...

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