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Police peacefully ended a standoff with a 28-year-old man who was threatening to kill himself and waving a bolt-action rifle outside of his Warren Township home Friday.

There are no clear plans yet for the proposed Park City casino in Lake County, but Mayor Steve Pannell has outlined expectations of adding 1,000 new jobs to the area.

Four neighbors, armed with shotguns, kept a nightly vigil at the home of Mrs. Catherine Milakowich in Waukegan, Illinois in December 1922.A A hungry ghost that looked as though he moved into her home at 300 block of South Avenue was heard but not seen.A Except on Mondays-it appeared he had Mondays off.

Authorities in northern Illinois are warning swimmers to be careful in Lake Michigan, saying the lake can be dangerous especially at this time of year when water temperatures remain chilly.

Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board has voted 4-2 vote to increase salaries for administrators and other nonunion employees.

Lake County Deputy State's Attorney Jeff Pavletic said his request was granted at a hearing to have the murder charge dismissed.

Hannah Perron, regent of the Waukegan chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, left, and DAR Libertyville chapter Regent Denise Burja unveil the new marker on Henry Collins' grave.

Lake County residents with pending cases in small claims court will be offered the chance to settle through a new mediation program, officials announced.

Ten days after announcing murder charges against a man whose DNA matched blood found at the scene of a 1994 slaying at a Waukegan appliance store, a Lake County prosecutor asked a judge today for more time to do paperwork before dropping the charges against the man wrongfully convicted of the crime.

One of the leading issues that veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are dealing with is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

There were two suspicious deaths recently, one in Vernon Hills and another in Waukegan, where officials are awaiting toxicology results to confirm the people died of possible drug overdoses.

Unsuspecting inmates at the Lake County Jail were ushered into dayrooms of their housing units today as canine officers and sheriff's corrections response team members dressed in green jumpsuits and protective vests scoured their cells for contraband.

AAAARGH! I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football and Lucy keeps pulling it away and laughing.

ANDOVER, Mass., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Enterasys Networks , a Siemens Enterprise Communications Company today announced that Waukegan School District in Waukegan, Illinois, has deployed an Enterasys OneFabric architecture to provide a more secure, reliable and easy-to-manage network in the district.

Jose Jesus Prado, 27, of the 2400 block of North Jackson Street, was arrested Friday by a team of officers from Waukegan and Round Lake Beach police departments, and Lake County State's Attorney's Office.

A A A A A A A A A A A DUIS A Paciano C. Veloso, 59, 869 Savoy Court, Lake Zurich, A was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol during a traffic stop on Route 12 at Cuba Road, at 12:36 a.m., May 13.A Veloso was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a blood alcohol content greater than .08 and improper lane ... (more)

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Rosalind Franklin University Health System's mobile health unit, Community Care Connection, has scheduled stops at both Lake County Family YMCA branches in June.

A father used a needle and thread to sew in son's buttocks shut in a bizarre attempt to cure his Crohn's Disease.

A The following incidents are among the official reports of theA Lake ForestA and Lake Bluff police departments .