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Waukegan Municipal Beach remains open but with scaled-back hours and without food trucks

June 2, 2020 at 2:11 p.m.

Efforts by the city of Waukegan to make its public beach a regional draw have been reversed with scaled-back hours and an absence of food trucks and other vendors. The...

Board-up contractors cut plywood to cover the broken windows at the Dunkin' Donuts on Grand Avenue in Waukegan following sporadic vandalism in the early hours of Monday, June 1, 2020.

Waukegan mayor imposes curfew amid unrest; protesters return after looters take over weekend demonstration

June 1, 2020 at 6:11 p.m.

Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham imposed a curfew until at least Wednesday and protesters gathered Monday at the plaza targeted by the looters who damaged property and robbed businesses Sunday night....

‘One step at a time’: Lake County restaurants reopen Friday to outdoor dining

June 7, 2020 at 10:34 a.m.

Beautiful weather, the draw of a frozen margarita and the drive to just get out of the house led to a pretty good turnout Friday at 17 North Bar &...

Coronavirus crisis hurts Census efforts in North Chicago, other Lake County communities

June 7, 2020 at 10:45 a.m.

A meal, a chance to gather and a safe space to fill out the U.S. Census were elements of Come to Your Census parties that had been envisioned as a...

Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.

Lake County hospitals resume elective procedures halted due to COVID-19

May 29, 2020 at 10:15 a.m.

One of the first surgeries to take place at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville after it resumed elective surgeries earlier this month was a former police officer whose broken...

Mundelein police and Lake County Major Crime Task Force members on the scene of a fatal shooting near Haley Street and Seymour Avenue in Mundelein on May 28, 2020.

Teenager dies after being shot outside Mundelein pharmacy

May 29, 2020 at 6:41 a.m.

An 18-year-old man died after being shot Thursday afternoon in the parking lot of a Mundelein pharmacy, the Mundelein police chief said. A preliminary investigation indicates that the teenager was...

Waukegan man charged with abusing five young girls

May 28, 2020 at 1:08 p.m.

An anonymous complaint led to the arrest Tuesday of a Waukegan man who abused at least five young girls, according to the Waukegan Police Department. Eliseo Calderon, 54, faces four...

Head-on crash sends three to hospital, including Waukegan man with life-threatening injuries

May 28, 2020 at 9:40 a.m.

Alcohol is thought to be a factor in a head-on crash in Beach Park Wednesday night that sent three people to the hospital, including a 33-year-old Waukegan man who sustained...

The man in the car places a cotton swab inside a biohazard bag held by an Illinois National Guard Soldier during a simulation of COVID-19 testing May 2, the day before testing started at a community-based site in Waukegan.

Lake County Health Department looks to ramp up contact tracing as economy reopens

May 27, 2020 at 5:13 p.m.

The Lake County Health Department is looking to hire as many as 150 more people as it ramps up its contact tracing efforts through a state partnership, a department official...

Waukegan mayor calls insult during closed-door library meeting ‘unacceptable’

May 27, 2020 at 2:10 p.m.

A Waukegan Public Library trustee called another board member a "political whore" during newly released footage of a February closed-session meeting. Much of the nearly six minutes of video released...

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