Gurnee News

A freight train fatally struck a woman early Friday in an unincorporated area near Gurnee.

Lake County Sheriff's police are investigating the death of a Park City woman struck and killed by a freight train early Friday morning in unincorporated Gurnee.

The story is the same but there are quirkier characters in Marc Robin's contemporary musical take on "Cinderella," at Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences, 10 Marriott Dr., Lincolnshire, July 8-Aug. 29.

Police and rescue workers are on the scene of a roll over accident at the corner of Route 45 and Stearns School Road in Gurnee.

Three men and a 15-year-old boy were arrested after police found them getting into a car filled with a large amount of electronics and cell phones early Monday in Gurnee.

Reduced lanes, alternate routes and bumper to bumper traffic have been the unpleasant aspects of road construction throughout Gurnee the last few months for drivers.

Aldermen have tightened the youth curfew ordinance by beginning curfew an hour earlier to improve community safety and security.

The Village of Gurnee will undergo a village-wide adult mosquito control treatment during the evening hours on Sunday continuing into the morning hours on Monday, weather permitting.

There was a strong consensus among boat, recreational vehicle and haul trailer owners who park on residential lots that zoning ordinance tinkering is unnecessary.

An Illinois State Police trooper was struck by a car on Interstate 94 near Gurnee Thursday afternoon as he attempted to close lanes to protect an apparent suicidal man threatening to jump from a nearby overpass.

The Gurnee business community is ready for its own chamber of commerce, said Mayor Kristina Kovarik at a kick-off event attended by at least 200 merchants June 17.

Some complaints received by Gurnee village board members and a desire to update local laws led to a discussion Wednesday night on whether tighter regulations should be placed on recreational vehicle parking in residential neighborhoods.

The National Weather Service said flood warnings for the Des Plaines River in Gurnee will continue until Thursday and the Chain O'Lakes and Fox River are under no-wake restrictions.

Four Waukegan teens accused of breaking into cars parked at the Key Lime Cove resort in Gurnee pleaded guilty Monday in Lake County Circuit Court.

Gurnee village officials were on the alert Sunday as the Des Plaines River rose more than six feet in 48 hours.

With the recent rainfall of up to 5 inches causing the Des Plaines River to rise and spill over its banks, the village of Gurnee began sandbagging operations this morning at Gurnee Grade School on Kilbourne Road and in other low-lying areas along McClure and Emerald avenues.

All Gurnee roadways are now open despite a few closures earlier Sarurday morning due to minor flooding of the Des Plaines River.

More than 10,000 Illinois residents were the victims of identity theft in 2006, according to the most recent data available from the Federal Trade Commission.

Trustees have approved a five-year renewal of the village's refuse, recycling and landscape waste program with Waste Management.

Carrie Panos of Gurnee knows how far she has come from being homeless and addicted to drugs.