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Antioch Traveling Closet volunteer effort meets local need, draws a crowd

May 23, 2019 at 11:54 p.m.

A line long wrapped around the Antioch Senior Center Sunday morning as local residents, as well as some from across Lake County, came to find free clothes, toiletries and other...

The wooded, rough terrain of the section of the Greenbelt Forest Preserve in the area where human remains were discovered March 22.

Officials might be homing in on identity of skeletal remains found in Waukegan

May 10, 2019 at 11:05 p.m.

Skeletal remains recently discovered in a portion of the Greenbelt Forest Preserve on the southwest side of Waukegan might belong to a local woman, according to authorities. Lake County Coroner...

Police: Waukegan man arrested for selling heroin to man who overdosed, revived by deputies

May 10, 2019 at 11:05 p.m.

Officials from the Lake County sheriff's office said Thursday they have arrested a Waukegan man who sold heroin to another man who subsequently overdosed in Newport Township and was saved...

Lake County sheriff heads back to jail, this time as corrections officer

June 5, 2018 at 11:01 a.m.

Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran spent a week last month working as a corrections officer in the Lake County Jail following a five-week training program. The sheriff said he wanted...

Wauconda man reaches plea deal for probation in explosives case

May 23, 2019 at 11:53 p.m.

A Wauconda man who allegedly threatened to lure police to his home and set off explosives when they arrived last summer has pleaded guilty to charges involving possession of explosive...

Sally Foster, co-chair of Blue Kids Lake County, discusses the importance of the group's annual awareness efforts in conjunction with April's designation as Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Seeing signs: Blue Kids campaign ready to tout child abuse prevention in April

May 23, 2019 at 11:53 p.m.

The signs are back. Intentionally vague, but at the same time conspicuous. Featuring just the blue profile of a child and a web site address — lakecountybluekids.org — they will...

Two slates face off April 4 in Mettawa municipal election

May 23, 2019 at 11:53 p.m.

A former supporter is seeking to unseat the mayor in Mettawa's municipal election on April 4. Tom Lys, a forensic accountant and retired professor with Northwestern University's Kellogg School of...

Chris Wright of New Orleans, a Navy corpsman at Great Lakes, blows vapor rings from an electronic cigarette at Hayze Vape in Waukegan.

With ‘vaping’ on the rise, debate centers on its effects

May 23, 2019 at 11:53 p.m.

Whether the "skyrocketing" use of electronic cigarettes can help smokers quit tobacco use or lure youth and adults back to nicotine is a question up for debate locally. Lea Bacci,...

The Grayslake Fire Department responded to a three-vehicle crash that resulted in a fatality on Wednesday, March 22, on Peterson Road at Behm Lane near Grayslake.

Man killed in Grayslake crash ID’d by coroner

May 10, 2019 at 11:05 p.m.

The identity of a Grayslake man killed Wednesday in a crash near the village was released Thursday afternoon by the Lake County Coroner's Office. Lake County Coroner Dr Howard Cooper...

One fatality reported in three-vehicle crash near Grayslake

May 23, 2019 at 11:53 p.m.

A 77-year-old man was killed and two other people were injured in a three-vehicle accident near Grayslake on Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities. A preliminary investigation determined that a 2011...

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