Stanley Holmes

The Lake County Board added its powerful backing Tuesday to the state`s controversial plans to widen traffic-clogged Illinois Highway 22. Board members adopted a supporting resolution to widen the roadway...

A Park City woman was in critical condition and four other Lake County residents suffered injuries in a three-car, seven-person collision Sunday morning, just east of Gurnee Mills, Gurnee police...

Lake County`s two incumbent congressmen, U.S. Reps. Phil Crane and John Porter, won re-election by wide margins Tuesday night, bucking a trend that saw the top Republicans on the Illinois...

Before Aug. 17, life on Hickory Street in Waukegan followed the laid-back rituals of summer afternoon bike rides, twilight cookouts and evening strolls around the historic, gentrifying neighborhood. But on...

If this fall`s voter registration rolls are a barometer of turnout, expect long lines at the polling booths on Election Day. A record number of Illinois residents have signed up...

A tenured Cherokee School gym teacher who was fired after being charged with public indecency was scheduled to fight for his job in a closed hearing that began Thursday. The...

The political shelling in Vernon Hills resumed Friday over control for the strategically placed and highly prized Sullivan Woods. A Vernon Hills trustee was the first to launch a counterattack...

South Riverwoods residents have presented the village with enough petition signatures to kill a proposal to build sewer and water lines that would raise taxes by more than $1,700 per...

Burl Mason of Spring Grove was found unfit on Thursday to stand trial in the rape and slaying of a neighbor, a decision that infuriated members of the victim`s family....

One of the village`s oldest buildings may not fall to the wrecking ball after all. Tom Simunick, a developer from Crown Point, Ind., appeared two weeks ago with the permits...