Caron Smith

The police department has added four full-time officers. Mark Kuchta, James Lange, Jack Metcalf and Christopher VanBrackel have joined the Gurnee Police Department. Police Chief Robert Jones introduced them to...

Village officials have narrowed the field to two top contenders for conducting a $50,000 feasibility study on whether the village should build a conference center in Gurnee. Village Administrator James...

Slow sales at the Concord Oaks subdivision are spurring a change to a new, more upscale plan. On Monday night, Concord Development Corp. of Palatine got permission from the Village...

Voters in Warren Township High School District 121 will be asked Tuesday to approve a $36.6 million tax-increase referendum proposal to build a new school. But the school already is...

Esper Petersen, the Gurnee businessman who recently donated the Rustic Manor property along Grand Avenue for a park, has received village permission for landing a different helicopter at his 3535...

A new office park will be going in at the failed golf driving range on the south side of Washington Street, just east of the Greenleaf Center office park. Last...

Village officials have approved a special-use permit for Lake County Council Against Sexual Assault to build a new 11,500-square-foot counseling facility at 4275 Grand Ave. LaCASA Executive Director Torrie Flink...

The village is seeking bids for a $50,000 study on the economic feasibility of a convention center in Gurnee. Officials said they envision a convention center with a hotel to...

Village officials have approved Police Chief Robert Jones' request to create a special liaison position to serve Warren Township High School during school days and after-school functions. "I felt that...

The Village Board has scrapped a proposed limit on dog ownership after residents unleashed their objections, but the board has put more teeth into the animal nuisance law. At Tuesday...