Frank Abderholden

Emergency personnel at the scene of a massive explosion and fire at AB Specialty Silicones on May 4, 2019, in Waukegan.

Waukegan plant explosion that killed four workers was preventable, federal officials say

December 19, 2019 at 9:35 a.m.

The May 3, 2019 explosion at AB Specialty Silicones in Waukegan, which was felt throughout Lake County, killed four workers and severely injured another, should not have happened, federal officials...

Driver ticketed in garbage spill on Route 120 near Volo

December 17, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

A semi-tractor trailer hauling residential garbage ran a red light, crashed into another vehicle and then rolled onto Route 120 Monday morning closing the highway for hours, according to the...

Lake County State's Attorney Michael Nerheim.

Special education worker arrested in sexual assault of student

December 17, 2019 at 5:18 p.m.

A special education school district paraprofessional was being held on $2 million bail for allegedly sexually assaulting and abusing a physically and intellectually disabled female student over a two-year period...

Young Waukegan couple and Beach Park man identified as victims of fatal weekend crash

December 17, 2019 at 2:31 p.m.

The three people who died in a crash Saturday morning in Beach Park have been identified by Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper. Cooper identified two of the victims as...

Waukegan woman sentenced to prison for killing boyfriend with car

December 16, 2019 at 5:35 p.m.

A Waukegan woman was sentenced to six years in prison Monday after she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for striking and killing her boyfriend with a vehicle during what police...

Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police Sgt. Rich Riedel, left, and officer Chris Winters, who is piloting the patrol boat, cruise along Grass Lake at the Chain O Lakes State Park, on April 22, 2015 in Spring Grove. The boat was donated to the IDNR in memory of 10-year-old Tony Borcia, who was killed by a drunken boater in 2012. (Chuck Berman/baiduhai)

Three shot in stolen car in Waukegan, police say

December 16, 2019 at 11:30 a.m.

Two male juveniles and a man in his 20s were in stable condition Monday after being shot Sunday night while sitting in a stolen vehicle on a residential Waukegan street....

3 people dead after Saturday morning crash in Beach Park

December 15, 2019 at 2:32 p.m.

Three people were killed early Saturday morning in a two-car crash in Beach Park, according to the Lake County sheriff's office. Around 4:45 a.m. deputies responded to the intersection of...

Suspect in attack on family at Six Flags Great America in 2017 charged with armed robbery in Waukegan

December 13, 2019 at 5:13 p.m.

Waukegan police announced the arrest of two men and a juvenile in connection with a number of recent armed robberies, including two incidents on Thanksgiving Day, and one of the...

Beach Park man tried to buy gun after threatening people at Lake Forest school, police say

December 11, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

Lake Forest police arrested an 18-year-old from Beach Park Tuesday in connection to alleged threats against people at Connections Academy East, a private school that provides academic and therapeutic programs....

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