Bank freezes account with donations to Fox Lake cop’s family
A bank account set up to collect funds for the family of Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz has been frozen while police investigate the officer's death, now believed...
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Fox Lake mayor: Gliniewicz ‘stunned, deceived’ community
Fox Lake Mayor Donny Schmit said the village is "stunned and frankly feeling deceived" in the wake of last week's announcement that authorities believe police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz died...
Threatening message prompts ‘copycat incident’ at Waukegan school
A threatening message on a bathroom wall prompted extra security measures at Waukegan High School's Brookside Campus on Tuesday. Though the day passed without incident at that school, Waukegan Community...
Ceremony honors local vets who ‘made the ultimate sacrifice’
The official holiday may not arrive until Wednesday, but for Marsha Ludwig, the timing of Pleasant Prairie's Veterans Day ceremony was doubly fitting. Ludwig, a resident of the Wisconsin village...
Beach Park, Round Lake men face felony drug charges after traffic stop arrest
A traffic stop led to a storage unit with a stash of guns and drugs and several felony charges for two men from Beach Park and Round Lake, officials said...
Beach Park woman arrested after allegedly claiming car crashed in creek was stolen
A 21-year-old Beach Park woman was charged with making a false police report after she allegedly decided to claim someone had stolen her crashed car. On Oct. 23, Nancy Facundo,...
Waukegan man shot, charged with battery after fight in Round Lake Beach
A Waukegan man shot in the shoulder during a fight in Round Lake Beach on Saturday night has been charged with aggravated battery for allegedly striking a 23-year-old man in...
Suicide a common killer of cops, but Fox Lake scandal no ordinary case
Of all the dangers police face on the job, experts say suicide can be a surprisingly common killer. Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, though, was far from typical...
Gliniewicz’s personnel file shows troubled tenure on Fox Lake police force
The Fox Lake police officer who died in a suicide staged to look like a murder had a troubled history at the department, including suspensions and allegations of sexual harassment...
In Fox Lake, hero cop Joe Gliniewicz now villain to many
Fox Lake was unusually subdued over Labor Day weekend, the boating community dotted with signs, bunting and flower-strewn memorials honoring police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz. That Monday, throngs of people, among...