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Waukegan man receives 27-year prison term for child sexual assault

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

A 27-year-old man was sentenced to a 27 years in prison Tuesday after being convicted in August of the repeated sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl in her Waukegan residence....

District 128 watchdog speaks out in court on perjury charges against school officials

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

A watchdog of the Libertyville-Vernon Hills Community High School District School Board said during a Lake County Circuit Court hearing Tuesday that officials connected to election-related perjury charges should recuse...

Waukegan man found fit to stand trial for McDonald’s knife attack

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

A Waukegan man, who authorities said stabbed a 70-year-old man at a Waukegan restaurant in what they have described as a random attack, was found fit for trial proceedings Monday...

Gurnee and Waukegan are among the Illinois communities that use red-light cameras at select intersections.

Gurnee, Waukegan mayors say red-light camera intersections seeing fewer tickets and fewer accidents

May 24, 2019 at 12:08 a.m.

Two veteran red light camera towns in Lake County are reporting that both accidents and revenue are down as residents have become accustomed to the presence of the devices at...

Family and friends gather for a memorial vigil on the 1600 block of 11th St. for Ciera Davis, a 24 year old woman who was shot and killed in Waukegan, Tuesday, June 6, 2017. (Kevin Tanaka/Pioneer Press)

Waukegan man pleads not guilty to murder in house party shooting

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

A Waukegan man facing 45 years to life in prison in the shooting of a woman outside of a house party in June pleaded not guilty to two counts of...

North Chicago ex-cop pleads not guilty in prostitution, misconduct case

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

A former North Chicago police officer entered a not guilty plea to official misconduct and other charges Tuesday, and was also granted a significant reduction in his bail. Ludwin W....

Ex-North Chicago cop surrenders on charges alleging on-duty solicitation of prostitution

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

A former North Chicago police officer remained in Lake County jail Monday afternoon after surrendering Friday on charges including official misconduct for allegedly soliciting prostitution while on duty, according to...

Debris is strewn through the neighborhood near a house on the 36300 block of Streamwood Court in Grandwood Park that was destroyed Friday evening by an apparent explosion.

Grandwood Park house explosion cause for pause

June 2, 2018 at 10:33 a.m.

Reporters generally are bound to chase after major incidents such as a house explosion. Sometimes chaos finds us instead. And sometimes, we don't even realize it at first. The house...

Lake Villa firefighter Scott Sundquist looks for his department's ambulance so he can give oxygen to a cat rescued from a burning house on Northgate Road in Lindenhurst on Friday.

Cats rescued from burning home in Lindenhurst

May 24, 2019 at 12:07 a.m.

An unoccupied Lindenhurst home was seriously damaged by fire Friday afternoon, leaving the family living there at least temporarily displaced. The Lake Villa Fire Protection District received a call about...

Fitness hearing scheduled for Waukegan man charged with random knife attack of man at McDonald’s

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

A Waukegan man, who officials said seriously injured a 70-year-old man in an apparently random knife attack in a McDonald's restaurant in February, has been returned to Lake County for...

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