Waukegan News

The Lake County coroner says a Navy recruit found dead outside a Waukegan motel Sunday died of an overdose of heroin, cocaine and anti-anxiety medication.

The Lake County coroner says a Navy recruit found dead outside a Waukegan motel Sunday died of an overdose of heroin, cocaine and anti-anxiety medication.

Problem and pathological gamblers who voluntarily ban themselves from casinos are disproportionately from towns that have casinos, a Daily Herald review of state data finds.

A 13-year-old boy drowned off Waukegan Municipal Beach Tuesday evening after struggling while swimming with two companions near a breakwater.

Memorial services for the will be held later this week for a former Waukegan man who was once in-laws with President Lyndon B. Johnson.

A 13-year-old Waukegan boy drowned in Lake Michigan after going swimming with friends Tuesday night, officials said.

Police said Tuesday a 13-year-old boy has died after he was rescued from the lakefront after he went swimming with two friends near the Waukegan Municipal Beach.

A pair of Waukegan residents were placed on probation Tuesday after admitting they tried to sell a half-pound of marijuana to a Lake County sheriff's informant.

Seventeen natural-grass, multi-purpose fields and a synthetic-turf "championship field" that might yet be the home of Robert Morris College sports teams are the highlights of a design proposal unveiled Monday ...

The Lake County coroner says a Navy recruit found dead outside a Waukegan motel Sunday died of an overdose of heroin, cocaine and anti-anxiety medication.

If Lake County United is successful in its bid for a charter high school, Waukegan College Prep Academy would open in fall 2009 with an initial ninth-grade class of 150 students.

Steven Lopez, 18, and Terrell Teamer, 21, are in custody following a gang-related dispute that lead to one man being shot in the leg.

Facing a chronic truancy rate more than five times the state average, Waukegan High School will add in-school suspension centers in classrooms at its two campuses this coming school year.

A former Waukegan police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to raping a woman while on duty.

An off-duty Waukegan police officer helped capture two teenagers following an attempted robbery.

A Waukegan woman was injured following a two vehicle accident on Route 41 during the early morning rush hour, authorities said Tuesday.

Installing a new tenant at the shuttered Pick 'n Save building on Belvidere Street moved closer to reality last week despite the city's concerns about the multi-tenant concept for the site.

A mother and her child received a scare when they were dragged a short distance in a Gurnee parking lot following a dispute over custody of a 2-year-old boy.

The family of a murdered north suburban woman is blaming her violent death on a lack of action by Waukegan police for failed to protect her from her estranged husband, now accused of fatally stabbing her.

Suburban police have killed unarmed Waukegan native 21-year old Aaren Gwinn yesterday afternoon as he was attempting to flee in a car.