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With summer starting, Lake County school districts begin working to see how next year could look

May 26, 2020 at 9:33 a.m.

As the school year draws to a close and schools work to sort out various ceremonies and summer school programs, districts across the Chicagoland area are beginning to work on...

Protesters line up outside new Planned Parenthood clinic in Waukegan

May 24, 2020 at 10:05 a.m.

Scores of protesters wearing masks lined Lewis Avenue for several blocks in what one organizer described as a "historic-level protest" against the new Planned Parenthood clinic in Waukegan. The Friday...

Long line of cars were seen on the first day the new COVID-19 testing site in Waukegan opened Sunday, May 3

State coronavirus testing site in Waukegan to no longer ask about citizenship, congressman says

May 24, 2020 at 10:03 a.m.

The state-run, drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Waukegan will no longer be asking patients' citizenship status, according to a local congressman. The Illinois Department of Public Health opened the testing...

Waukegan Public Library Trustee Larry McShane speaks during a Feb. 19 Board of Trustees meeting. The board voted Wednesday to release six minutes of video from the closed session portion of the meeting.

Waukegan Public Library board to release six minutes of ‘ugly’ closed meeting

May 21, 2020 at 4:44 p.m.

The last six minutes of an ugly, behind-closed-doors Waukegan Public Library board meeting will be made public, the board decided Wednesday evening. The 6-3 vote was the result of a...

Waukegan police on scene of a shooting in the 600 block of Clarke Avenue Wednesday.

15-year-old boy seriously injured in Waukegan shooting

May 20, 2020 at 4:46 p.m.

A 15-year-old Waukegan boy found lying in the street after being shot Wednesday morning was in serious but stable condition, police said hours later. The investigation into the shooting remains...

Lake County sheriff drops lawsuit asking that health department release coronavirus patient information

May 20, 2020 at 4:06 p.m.

The Lake County Sheriff's Office voluntarily dropped its lawsuit Wednesday after a Lake County judge denied its request for a preliminary injunction requiring the Lake County Health Department to provide...

Man wanted in Houston child sexual assault arrested in unincorporated Mundelein

May 20, 2020 at 2:01 p.m.

A man wanted for the aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of 14 was arrested in unincorporated Mundelein Tuesday after initially fleeing the Houston area and traveling...

Highwood man charged with DUI after allegedly driving while flashing ‘police-style lights’

May 19, 2020 at 6:50 p.m.

A Highwood man was arrested Monday evening after police say he was caught speeding down Interstate 94 while under the influence and illegally using blue-and-white emergency lights. Christopher Faulkner, 39,...

Warren Township High School has two campuses, including the one pictured here on Almond Road in May 2017.

Warren Township High School District 121 pushes back possible referendum despite coronavirus-related financial hit

May 19, 2020 at 2:57 p.m.

With so many people out of work, Warren Township High School District 121's school board is hitting the pause button on its fall referendum plans. The school board decided late...

Coronavirus-related deaths top 200 in Lake County

May 18, 2020 at 6:11 p.m.

The number of deaths connected to the novel coronavirus topped 200 in Lake County over the weekend, according to an updated count published Monday by the Lake County Health Department....

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