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Waukegan police charge 17-year-old in shooting of two teens

May 10, 2019 at 11:13 p.m.

A Waukegan teen has been arrested and charged as an adult in the non-fatal shooting of two other teens Thursday afternoon, according to Waukegan police. Michael O'Connor, 17, is charged...

Well-fed raccoon rescued from Zion sewer grate

May 24, 2019 at 12:10 a.m.

In a Winnie the Pooh-type situation, a raccoon stuck in a storm sewer grate — apparently due to the animal's girth — was rescued and set free by Zion police...

Lake County Circuit Court Clerk Erin Cartwright Weinstein, left, flanked by Circuit Clerk Chief Deputy Donna Hamm, announces the availability of new online bill payment options.

Lake County residents can now pay some court costs online

May 24, 2019 at 12:10 a.m.

Lake County Circuit Court Clerk Erin Cartwright Weinstein has announced that her office will now accept online payments for certain criminal and traffic cases. At a news conference in the...

Chief Judge Jorge Ortiz in his chambers with an 1860 portrait of Abraham Lincoln donated to Lake County Circuit Court by the Lake County Bar Association. It will soon be prominently displayed in the courthouse, Ortiz said.

‘Honest Abe’ to keep watch over Lake County Courthouse

May 24, 2019 at 12:10 a.m.

A noted portrait of Abraham Lincoln will soon be gracing the Lake County Courthouse, courtesy of the Lake County Bar Association and an anonymous donor. The portrait, a certified reproduction...

Plea deal considered for woman charged with perjury in Lake County school board race

May 10, 2019 at 11:12 p.m.

Preliminary plea deal negotiations are underway for one of two defendants charged with election-related perjury in connection with the last Libertyville-Vernon Hills Community High School District 128 school board election,...

A Way Out places first in 2017 Lake County Municipal League law enforcement awards

December 18, 2018 at 1:03 a.m.

Fall weather has finally arrived, bringing Halloween on its heels. Here's hoping adults took care of their celebrating responsibly over the weekend and that in communities where our little ghosts...

The entrance to the Gateway Foundation's 43-acre residential services complex in Lake Villa.

Addiction recovery in Lake County: An ‘unprecedented’ way out of the world of drug abuse

May 24, 2019 at 12:10 a.m.

An unlikely companionship between drug users seeking treatment and local police officers is being forged through Lake County's A Way Out program. The program, sparked by the opioid crisis, allows...

Jimi Walsh, a Mundelein native, describes his cycle of heroin addiction and how he found recovery through Lake County Health Department programs.

Lake County is a ‘role model’ for progressive drug treatment programs, says lieutenant governor

May 24, 2019 at 12:10 a.m.

Through services that stress education, overdose rescue and easily available treatment such as the progressive A Way Out program, Lake County authorities have sought to be statewide leaders in addressing...

‘It was terrible’: Waukegan restaurant owner describes scene after van crashes into eatery, injures 9

May 24, 2019 at 12:09 a.m.

Two days after a van backed into his Waukegan restaurant and left nine people injured, Gerardo Gonzalez sat among the devastation and said he was glad to hear good news...

Coroner: Man found unconscious in Waukegan police holding cell killed himself

May 10, 2019 at 11:12 p.m.

Following an autopsy Monday, a coroner's preliminary report listed suicide by hanging as the cause of death of a man who died after being found unconscious in a Waukegan Police...

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