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Construction picks up on Buffalo Grove Road project, which will widen corridor to four lanes

June 9, 2020 at 7:26 a.m.

The $16 million reconstruction and widening of Buffalo Grove Road, from Deerfield Parkway to Route 22, is continuing as crews install storm sewers and excavate the median to make way...

Waukegan lifts curfew following weekend of peaceful protests

June 8, 2020 at 3:10 p.m.

The city of Waukegan's curfew – enacted a week ago after mass looting and property damage followed a peaceful protest downtown – expired as planned Monday morning, the mayor said....

Lake County Fair attendees watch a dog catch a Frisbee at the Canine Stars Stunt Dog Show on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. This year's fair is canceled.

Lake County Fair canceled because of COVID-19

June 8, 2020 at 1:31 p.m.

The Lake County Fair, held annually in Grayslake, has been canceled as a result of the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, organizers said in a news release Monday. This is the...

Waukegan District 60 to move forward with remote summer school

June 5, 2020 at 7:39 p.m.

With summer school set to start Tuesday for Waukegan High School, Waukegan District 60 is moving ahead with its remote summer plans despite an announcement from Gov. J.B. Pritzker Thursday...

Long Grove, known for charming events such as the Cocoa Crawl, has one of the lowest response rates for the U.S. Census, putting federal funding levels in jeopardy.

Long Grove village president ‘genuinely worried’ about low Census response rate being reported for village

June 5, 2020 at 4:56 p.m.

A historical quirk may be artificially pushing down the village of Long Grove's Census response rate. At least that's what Village President Bill Jacob thinks. The Census Bureau disagrees. The...

Waukegan District 60 eliminates uniform requirements

June 3, 2020 at 5:54 p.m.

Waukegan District 60 elementary and middle school students will not have to wear uniforms this fall, the school board decided in a narrow vote. The 15,900-student district began rolling out...

Sonja Dewey, wife of one of the pastors at Tuesday evening's vigil, prays intently. Members of area churches gathered in the parking lot of The Hero Center on South Genesee in Waukegan Tuesday night for a community prayer service as an early evening vigil for "repentance, worship and prayer."

Protests planned for Waukegan, Lake County focus on staying peaceful, keeping message on George Floyd

June 4, 2020 at 7:41 a.m.

Waukegan activist Ralph Peterson doesn't want anyone using George Floyd's death as an excuse to loot. That's why he said he decided to disperse those gathered at a "pop-up" protest...

A COVID-19 testing site in Waukegan will move downtown so the state's vehicle emissions testing facility can reopen. (Yadira Sanchez Olson/Lake County News-Sun)

Waukegan COVID-19 testing site to move downtown

June 3, 2020 at 11:51 a.m.

The state's COVID-19 testing site in Waukegan will be moved downtown so that vehicle emissions testing can resume, according to city and state officials. The free community-based testing site had...

From second left, to right, Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg, Waukegan Chief of Police Wayne Walles, Waukegan Fire Chief George Bridges and Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham are among people bowing while ending the vigil in faith and prayer. Images from the Community Prayer Vigil and Call for Peace and Solidarity in Waukegan on June 2, 2020 near Ross Dress for Less in Waukegan Plaza.

Waukegan mayor defends city’s response to unrest, says police were prepared

June 3, 2020 at 11:13 a.m.

The city of Waukegan will keep its curfew in place, perhaps through the end of the week, though there was no looting or other unrest reported Monday night, the mayor...

Investigation continues into separate fatal shootings, one near Gurnee and another in Mundelein

June 2, 2020 at 6:05 p.m.

Police are investigating whether two separate homicides, one in unincorporated Gurnee Friday and one in Mundelein a day earlier, were drug related, a Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman...

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