Jim Newton

Monday was literally a bright new day for Lake County’s criminal courts as five felony courtrooms and other court facilities opened for business in the county’s new $110 million courthouse...

The first step toward the potential development of a multimillion-dollar indoor-outdoor regional youth sports complex, with surrounding commercial uses, in Gurnee will be considered by the Village Board next month....

A Lake Villa man allegedly beaten to death in an alley Saturday night by two local men has been identified by the Lake County Coroner’s Office. Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper...

Two Lake Villa Township men have been charged in the beating death of a man found in a Lake Villa alley late Saturday, officials said Monday afternoon. Jordan L. Toney,...

Two Gurnee police officers “acted reasonably and appropriately” in a May 23 confrontation on Route 41 that ended with the officers shooting a woman armed with a military-style rifle, according...

More than 100 people gathered on Washington Street in Waukegan Tuesday morning to witness the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Lake County’s new courthouse tower and a memorial dedication to late County...

Lake County’s electronic voter records and the county’s results in the 2016 general election were unaffected by apparent Russian hacking of the state’s electronic registration database, according to County Clerk...