The Fairfax Town Council has appointed a new town clerk and treasurer in a split vote. Council members voted 3-2 to install resident Linda Kenton as clerk during their meeting Feb. 5. Councilmembers ...

A North Chicago man was taken into custody Thursday night after allegedly leading Lake County Sheriff’s deputies on a chase ...

Voters will choose between Decker and Schwab when they cast their ballots in the Feb. 25 Democratic primary to determine not only their party’s nominee but the city’s treasurer.

Yet, a bare 5-4 majority adopted a resolution at the Jan. 21 City Council meeting seeking “legislative legal counsel.” Behind ...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 is trying to reassure parents after student data was leaked, especially those concerned about ICE enforcement. Though the ...

The following information comes from the Lake County Sheriff's Office and court records as a record of police activity, including incidents reported by the public and those arrested by police.

Police investigate two separate scenes, one in the 1900 block of West Greenwood Avenue and another in the 1700 block of West Greenwood Avenue in Waukegan, where two people died after they were found ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — The family of a woman who was admitted to a hospital in Waukegan and later died after being found unresponsive on the roof last week is looking for answers. A press conference ...

Authorities say a female patient who went missing at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan has died after she was found unresponsive on the hospital’s rooftop. A 28-year-old Waukegan woman was ...

Timmins’ city clerk Steph Palmateer is using social media to spread health misinformation, such as that vaccines cause cancer, stroke and cardiac arrests, masks cause learning impairment in children, ...

For Andréa Salazar, public service runs in the family. Her mother, Geraldine Salazar, was Santa Fe county clerk from 2013 to 2020 and her father is a former attorney in Los Alamos. “I am very ...