John Gorman

Mary Seminara-Schostok, a Lake County assistant state's attorney, has been sworn in as an associate judge in the 19th Judicial Circuit Court. Seminara-Schostok, 39, was sworn in Friday by Judge...

A 65-year-old man was fatally injured Monday when he fell from a third-floor window at a Lake Zurich nursing home. The victim was identified as James B. Dvorak, formerly of...

The Jack Benny Center for the Arts will be offering creative dramatics camps for youngsters this summer. The camps will explore acting, writing, costuming, makeup, and theater exercises under the...

Vernon Hills police will be escorting shoppers Friday as part of its community policing program at Hawthorn Shopping Center. Between 6 and 9 p.m., officers will be at the main...

Sheriff Gary Del Re returned to work Tuesday, less than three weeks after undergoing emergency quadruple bypass surgery. Doctors said that Del Re's condition had been corrected by the surgery...

Lake County State's Atty. Michael Waller said Thursday that his office is investigating whether state law was broken by Waukegan officials in the purchase of hundreds of thousands of dollars...

John Grosse, a teacher at Paine Elementary School in Lake Zurich, was among 25 teachers nationwide to attend a recent National Aeronautics and Space Administration workshop. Grosse and the other...

Thomas M. Schippers, a assistant state's attorney in Lake County, has left the prosecutor's office for private practice. Schippers, 37, most recently was a felony prosecutor, but has also worked...

The Lakehurst Merchants Association will present "Standing for Our Children," a celebration of positive role models and drug-free living. Waukegan Mayor William Durkin will make a presentation, and booths will...

An Illinois Appellate Court panel has upheld the murder conviction of Shariff Banks in a 1994 slaying. Banks, who was 17, was a passenger in a car on July 20,...