Jim Newton

For its silver anniversary event, the annual Jon Callaghan Memorial Turkey Trot in Gurnee has chosen a special beneficiary for some of its proceeds this year. People participating on Thanksgiving...

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has received a boost during a tight budget cycle in the form of a $700,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation...

Following a state appellate court order, a hearing must be scheduled on whether electronic communications between Melodie Gliniewicz and her late husband, former Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz,...

During a lengthy 2015 interview with investigators at the Gurnee Police Department, David Brocksom described a violent, bloody struggle over a gun that ended in his ex-wife’s death. A video...

A neighbor of Beata Brocksom testified in court Wednesday that she heard a scream and cries for help coming from Brocksom’s house at about the time her ex-husband is alleged...

In dramatic opening statements late Tuesday, a Lake County Circuit Court jury heard two different narratives put forth about the death of Gurnee resident Beata Brocksom in the early morning...

Beata Brocksom was shot and died early in the morning of Sept. 27, 2015, her body found close to a window of her Gurnee home. Her ex-husband, David Brocksom of...