Luke Hammill

U.S. Congressman Brad Schneider speaks to an overflow crowd at the Northbrook library, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. The supportive crowd stressed the need to keep the Affordable Heath Plan, immigration reform and the need to keep a watch and speak out against Trump. (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune)

Schneider to hold town hall this weekend in North Chicago

May 24, 2019 at 4:52 a.m.

For residents of northern Lake County in Illinois' 10th Congressional District who didn't make the southbound trip to Northbrook or Deerfield in recent weeks, Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Deerfield) is bringing...

Lake County Partners economic group announces new president

May 24, 2019 at 4:52 a.m.

Lake County Partners, a publicly and privately funded economic development nonprofit, named Kevin Considine as its president and chief executive last week after Michael Stevens, who served in that role...

Mike Brunson of Zion faces the snowfall while waiting for a bus in Waukegan on Tuesday, March 14.

Waukegan, shoreline communities deal with relentless lake-effect snow

May 24, 2019 at 4:52 a.m.

Sandy Bolton was kicked out of a relative's house, where she'd been living, after the two got into an argument in October, she said. Since then, she's been homeless and...

Commuters make their way to the CTA Blue's Line Logan Square station in Chicago on a snowy March 13, 2017.

Lake-effect snow warning for Lake County after mild January, February

May 24, 2019 at 4:52 a.m.

The Chicago area's record-long streak of days without an inch of snow came to an end as the week began, and Lake County wasn't spared with some areas of the...

Landlord sues Zion, alleging apartment inspection fees are discriminatory

May 24, 2019 at 4:52 a.m.

A rental property owner in Zion is making another attempt to sue the city under the federal Fair Housing Act, alleging a local ordinance requiring that landlords pay a per-unit...

A Round Lake Beach police officer directs traffic around the scene of a two-vehicle accident that left a pickup truck upside down and its driver transported to an area hospital on March 10, 2017.

Collision in Round Lake Beach flips pickup onto roof

May 24, 2019 at 4:52 a.m.

A two-vehicle crash Friday at Rollins Road and North Lake Shore Drive left a full-sized pickup truck flipped over and a person taken to Grayslake Emergency Center, officials said, but...

Lisa May, left, and Sam Cunningham, right.

Waukegan mayoral candidates differ, slightly, on casino issue

May 24, 2019 at 4:52 a.m.

At a groundbreaking ceremony in 2005 for the Walmart Supercenter in Waukegan's Fountain Square development, then-Mayor Richard Hyde turned a shovelful of dirt and said, "Right next door to this...

Robert Evans Sr. addresses the media in July 2002 following the slaying of his cousin Jarreau Patterson and David Mackins.

Waukegan mourns death of Robert Evans, ‘mayor of the south side’

May 24, 2019 at 4:52 a.m.

Rhonda Evans remembers how the phone would never stop ringing at her childhood home on George Avenue, no matter if it was the middle of the night or early in...

County breaks ground on 220-unit North Chicago public housing development

May 24, 2019 at 4:51 a.m.

The Lake County Housing Authority, along with a host of national, state and local elected officials, broke ground Friday on a two-part, 220-unit housing development at the site of the...

Waukegan Ald. Lisa May speaks at an endorsement ceremony from the state chapter of the Sierra Club in her race to become the mayor of Waukegan on Jan. 31.

Motley-Cunningham battle extends beyond primary with vote to explore audit

May 24, 2019 at 4:51 a.m.

Outgoing Waukegan Mayor Wayne Motley on Monday night gave the man who bested him in last week's Democratic primary — Ald. Sam Cunningham, 1st — what he wanted, calling on...

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