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Gojo's Cafe in Waukegan has a variety of sandwiches and treats.

Waukegan: Visit the beach and a historic museum

May 23, 2019 at 11:35 a.m.

Waukegan, the county seat of Lake County, is Illinois' second-largest city on Lake Michigan behind Chicago and the fifth-largest overall on its western shore, behind Milwaukee, Green Bay and Kenosha....

The Family Visitation Center of Lake County in Mundelein provides supervised child-custody visitation and monitored exchange services for families with a history of abuse, according to officials at A Safe Place.

Lake County seeking new funding for child-custody transfer center

June 4, 2018 at 7:57 p.m.

The Lake County Law and Judicial Committee on Tuesday will consider a new agreement with the local nonprofit A Safe Place to continue operating a center in Mundelein providing a...

Both Waukegan police and Waukegan School District 60 officials continue to investigate the reported theft of the district superintendent’s personnel file.

District 60: Suspects identified in theft of superintendent’s personnel file

May 24, 2019 at 4:59 a.m.

A Waukegan School District 60 official said on Friday afternoon the district has identified suspects in its investigation of a personnel file belonging to Superintendent Theresa Plascencia that was reported...

The Lakes Region Sanitary District board president resigned in protest following the dismissal of a lawsuit his agency brought against Lake County and the village of Fox Lake over alleged misappropriation of funds.

Sanitary district president resigns after suit alleging $2.2M in misappropriated funds is dismissed

May 24, 2019 at 4:59 a.m.

The president of the Lakes Region Sanitary District Board of Trustees has stepped down, lamenting in a resignation letter Tuesday that he "cannot ethically participate in a governmental system where...

The Illinois House, shown here as the spring legislative session wound down this week, failed to act on a gaming-expansion bill that passed through the Senate and included a license for Lake County.

Odds now longer for Lake County casino after latest bill stalls

May 24, 2019 at 4:58 a.m.

The changing of the calendar Thursday from May to June made it less likely that Lake County residents hoping for a local land-based casino will get their wish this year....

Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham presented his first budget since taking office to the City Council on Tuesday, May 30, 2017.

Cunningham dishes and takes criticism at first budget hearing as Waukegan mayor

May 24, 2019 at 4:58 a.m.

Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham has unveiled his first budget proposal since taking office, projecting a general fund deficit of $3 million at a public presentation Tuesday evening, during which he...

Early morning rush hour traffic shows vehicles backing up along Route 120 just west of Route 83 in Grayslake on Wednesday, May 10. (Stacey Wescott/ Chicago Tribune)

Tollway approves $25 million Route 53 environmental study

May 24, 2019 at 4:58 a.m.

The Illinois Tollway board on Thursday approved a $25 million expenditure for an environmental impact study of the proposed northward extension of Illinois Route 53 into Lake County. The board's...

New U.S. Census Bureau numbers show Waukegan lost 168 people from 2015 to 2016 and has shed nearly 1,000 residents since 2010.

Census data: Population loss in lower-income cities offsets growth in southern Lake County

May 24, 2019 at 4:58 a.m.

When the U.S. Census Bureau released county-level population statistics earlier this year, the data showed that the number of people living in Lake County remained relatively flat between 2015 and...

Delegates from Southeast Asian nations had lunch with Lake County leaders including North Chicago Mayor Leon Rockingham Jr. and County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor.

North Chicago hosts delegates from Southeast Asia

May 24, 2019 at 4:58 a.m.

While eating lunch Tuesday at North Chicago City Hall, Ralph Degollacion and Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor struck up a conversation. Degollacion, 30, of the Philippines, was visiting as...

U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Deerfield) greets constituents after a town hall event Saturday, May 20, 2017 at Waukegan City Hall.

Despite Trump, Waukegan residents push Schneider from the left at town hall

May 24, 2019 at 4:57 a.m.

After another week of the national media's wall-to-wall coverage of President Donald Trump, former FBI Director James Comey and the relationship between the Trump administration and Russia, progressive voters in...

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