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Lake County Circuit Court Executive Director Danny Davis.

A towering task: New Lake County Courthouse building to open July 30

May 24, 2019 at 12:26 a.m.

With the snip of a ribbon Tuesday, a $110 million expansion project for the Lake County Courthouse will be opened — at least ceremoniously. In reality, the heavy lifting will...

Woman accused of hitting toddler with car pleads not guilty in Lake County court

May 24, 2019 at 12:26 a.m.

A Chicago woman pleaded not guilty in Lake County Circuit Court this week to several counts of aggravated battery resulting from a June incident in which she allegedly struck a...

Investigators at the scene of collision Wednesday at Route 173 and Kilbourne Road that killed Apolonio Patlan, 56, of Waukegan. The incident was the first of two fatal crashes involving motorcyclists in Lake County this week.

Man dies in Antioch Township crash Friday; second motorcycle death in Lake County this week

May 24, 2019 at 12:26 a.m.

For the second time this week, a motorcyclist has died on a Lake County roadway, officials said Friday. A man was found dead early Friday morning after the Lake County...

Lake County Sheriff's Office personnel at the scene of a fatal crash between a motorcycle and a vehicle at Kilbourne Road and Route 173 on July 11, 2018.

Motorcyclist dies in Newport Township collision with SUV

May 24, 2019 at 12:26 a.m.

A man died Wednesday afternoon after a collision involving his motorcycle and an SUV in Newport Township. The crash occurred at about 2:15 p.m. at the intersection of North Kilbourne...

Gurnee man pleads guilty to attempted predatory sexual assault of girl

May 24, 2019 at 12:26 a.m.

A Gurnee man was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday under a negotiated plea agreement involving a child sexual assault case in Round Lake Park. Rodrick Linnear, 36, pleaded...

Lake County jail inmate charged with falsely accusing corrections officer of groping her

May 24, 2019 at 12:26 a.m.

A woman who claimed that a female corrections officer sexually assaulted her during a pat-down in the Lake County jail library last month has been charged with making a false...

Man convicted of terrorist threat against Lake County Courthouse sentenced and released

May 24, 2019 at 12:26 a.m.

More than two years after his conviction for making terror threats against governmental facilities in Lake County, a California man was sentenced to six years in prison — then released...

In this 2015 file photo, Lake County Sheriff Marine Unit Sergeant James McKinney watches as a group of boaters docked on a sandbar gather on the Chain O'Lakes. None of the boaters pictured were issued citations or charged.

Crackdown on Chain O’ Lakes yields impaired boating arrests, citations

May 24, 2019 at 12:26 a.m.

A recent sober-boating awareness and enforcement campaign by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office resulted in two arrests for operating a watercraft under the influence of alcohol and several citations and...

The frontage sign for of the new Richard A. Welton Village Plaza, which was officially opened Saturday on Old Grand Avenue in honor of the late former longtime Gurnee mayor.

New plaza dedicated for late mayor who ‘is reflected in every square inch of Gurnee’

May 24, 2019 at 12:26 a.m.

A portion of Gurnee’s former Village Hall and police department property has been transformed and dedicated to the late former Mayor Richard Welton, who led Gurnee during its boomtown days....

Highland Park area mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus

May 24, 2019 at 12:25 a.m.

The first indication of the presence of West Nile virus in Lake County this year was found in a mosquito pool sampled late last month in Highland Park. The Lake...

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