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Ex-substitute teacher wants to go to Florida while awaiting porn trial

June 18, 2018 at 4:06 a.m.

Steven Habay, the former Highland Park High School substitute teacher accused of cyberstalking and possessing child pornography, was again in front of a judge Monday morning seeking more freedom of...

Man guilty of killing woman whose sister was at Obama speech on violence

August 18, 2019 at 6:14 p.m.

Jurors found a Lake County man guilty of murder late Wednesday in the shooting death of an 18-year-old mother in North Chicago. The jury apparently agreed with prosecutors who said...

Witnesses face contempt for refusing to testify at Lake murder trial

May 21, 2019 at 2:07 p.m.

Two witnesses in a Lake County murder trial again refused to testify Monday, despite the judge's warning that both men could face criminal contempt of court charges. The two men,...

Ex-substitute teacher must stay in home pending child porn case

June 18, 2018 at 7:28 a.m.

A Lake County judge on Wednesday denied extra pretrial freedoms to a former Highland Park High School substitute teacher accused of cyberstalking and possessing child pornography. Steven Habay, 40, was...

Clearview Elementary School teacher Gerard Giese, center, waits in line to vote on the new teachers contract Thursday at the Lake County Federation of Teachers Local 504 in Gurnee.

Waukegan district, teachers come to terms after monthlong strike

May 21, 2019 at 2:15 p.m.

Ending a strike that kept more than 16,000 students out of school for a month, Waukegan Teachers' Council members overwhelmingly approved a new contract late Thursday. Few details have been...

Greenwood Elementary School Teacher Samantha Colombik votes on the new teachers contract at the Lake County Federation Teachers Local 504 in Gurnee, Ill.

Waukegan teachers ratify tentative contract

May 21, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.

Waukegan school district officials and teachers union representative reached a tentative agreement on a three-year contract shortly before midnight Wednesday. The teachers union members ratified the tentative deal Thursday afternoon...

Weariness grows in Waukegan amid teacher strike

June 17, 2018 at 5:18 a.m.

Fifth-grade teacher Carol Linderman was standing on a picket line Monday when she allowed herself to imagine the day when Waukegan's seemingly interminable teacher strike finally ends. "We don't know...

Frustration in Waukegan mounts as strike drags on

June 17, 2018 at 5:35 a.m.

As the Waukegan teachers' strike entered Week 4 last week, community members appear increasingly frustrated — with striking teachers, School District 60 officials, or both — at the lack of...

Waukegan schools remain closed Wednesday

May 21, 2019 at 1:57 p.m.

There will be no classes again on Wednesday for Waukegan students because of a teachers strike that has continued for nearly three weeks.After a break from talks for a few...

Victor Salinas-Corona, 18, of Zion, is led into court for a hearing at the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan. Salinas-Corona pleaded guilty to murdering his 5 month-old son, Ayden Salinas, in February 2013. His sentencing is scheduled for October 20.

Teen dad who killed son in Zion gets 23 years in prison

May 21, 2019 at 1:56 p.m.

A man who was 17 when his infant son died in Zion last year was sentenced Monday to 23 years in prison for the boy's murder. Victor Salinas-Corona gave a...

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