Waukegan News

The Main Street organization is mobilizing volunteers to help decorate the city's downtown for the holidays.

Adam Kalinowski, 93, of Gurnee died in a car crash Wednesday night on Washington Street at Cemetery Road.

The public has started to weigh in on Alternative A and Alternative B for development of the Waukegan Savanna -- but the final result could easily be a to-be-determined Alternative C. "People don't have to pick one concept or the other.

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Jonathan Dillon, far right, the watchmaker who engraved the secret message inside Abraham Lincoln's watch on April 13, 1861.

Giana Burkley was warned repeatedly to keep her distance from a 13-year-old grade school girl.

On one wall in Waukegan Public Library's Early Learning Center, a life-size replica of a baby tyrannosaurus rex sticks its head into the room.

Share + Nov 12, 2009 5:30 am US/Central WAUKEGAN, Ill. A man hired to protect high school students in the far north suburbs is now in jail, charged with having child pornography on his cell phone and computer.

Veterans who returned from the nation's wars, those who didn't, and all those who have donned uniforms in service of country were honored at Waukegan's annual Veterans Day event, sponsored by Waukegan American Legion Homer Dahringer Post 281, which begins with a parade and culminates in a ceremony at Veterans Plaza, West and Washington streets.

A year after signing a class of recruits that helped pushed Illinois back into the Top 25 this season, Illini have signed three players considered to be among the country's 100 best.

When the U.S. Census Bureau wrapped up its head count of city residents in 2000, the number came in at 87,901, making this city the ninth-largest in the state.

Anne Galbraith pursues an unusual calling. She teaches people the smarter way to move.

Share + Nov 7, 2009 10:41 am US/Central WAUKEGAN, Ill. Nadine Dean was fatally stabbed in a rage just yards from her Gages Lake home, said Lake County Assistant State's Attorney Britta Peffer.

Two men have been charged by Buffalo Grove police this month with pretending to be something they're not: firefighters and police officers.

A Waukegan woman was charged Thursday by North Chicago police in the Kemble Avenue hit-and-run death of 24-year-old Ernesto Ortiz.

Whoever thought up the "one-off" pairing of legendary guitarists Buddy Guy and Dave Mason scored a coup for Waukegan's Genesee Theatre.

A boil order is in effect for nine homes in Waukegan on south Jackson between May Street and 8th Street because of a water main break.

Share + Nov 5, 2009 8:38 am US/Central WAUKEGAN, Ill. A 15-year-old home-schooled teen is Lake County's fourth death from complications due to the H1N1 flu virus.

With the Juz Jokkin Comedy Club scheduled to close its doors and move to Gurnee following a final set of shows this weekend, 115 N. Genesee St.

A $30 million bond will be sought by the city to cover a number of needs, including closing of its budget deficit and refinancing what is owed on Fountain Square of Waukegan property that was once set aside for a casino -- land that will be put on the market.