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As memorial for victims planned, businesses near Waukegan explosion site dealing with over $1 million in damage

May 24, 2019 at 12:50 a.m.

As the area around the AB Specialty Silicones factory that exploded last week in Waukegan slowly returns to normal, the company announced plans for a memorial service on Friday after...

People look on as emergency crews search and clear the scene of an explosion and fire at the AB Specialty Silicones chemical plant May 5, 2019, in Waukegan.

2 dead, 2 still missing after Waukegan chemical plant explosion

August 18, 2019 at 5:29 p.m.

Investigators plan to return to the site of a Waukegan chemical plant Sunday to try to determine the cause and recover victims of an explosion that could be felt for...

Units on the upper floor of an apartment complex at 21st Street and Gabriel Avenue in Zion remained cordoned off by crime scene tape on Friday, March 22, as investigators look into the March 15 disappearance of Cory J. Rhinehart.

Lake County Major Crime Task Force called in to assist on case of missing Zion man

May 24, 2019 at 12:47 a.m.

The Lake County Major Crime Task Force has been called in to assist in the search for a 28-year-old man from Zion who has been missing for a week. According...

A Lake County Sheriff's officer speaks with a family member from the Round Lake home where a fire occurred June 2.

Fire that caused $80K in damages forces Round Lake family from home

May 23, 2019 at 10:53 p.m.

Four family members escaped a home fire without injury Tuesday morning in unincorporated Round Lake. Firefighters responded to the 24000 block of Passavant Avenue about 10:50 a.m., arriving on the...

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