James Hill

A residential fire in an unincorporated area of Lake County Thursday afternoon claimed the life of an unidentified woman. Grayslake Fire Department investigators, along with Lake County sheriff's police and...

Already hard-pressed for space, Libertyville High School may be forced next year into either short-term cuts in courses or the addition of more mobile classrooms, school officials said this week....

The firestorm of controversy over physician-assisted suicide stirred up by Michigan's Dr. Jack Kevorkian may flare here Friday. Trinity International University, of Deerfield, is sponsoring a debate between Kevorkian's attorney...

The Lake County Astronomical Society is inviting would-be stargazers to take part in a Star Watch program July 21 at the Lake County Forest Preserves' Lake County Museum. The event...

A 29-year-old Vernon Hills man has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 13-year-old neighborhood boy who was staying at the man's home. Mark West, of 895 Westmoreland Drive, pleaded guilty...

When the U.S. Supreme Court ruling approving the drug testing of student athletes was handed down Monday, the news caused scarcely a ripple in the south suburban communities of Homewood...

City residents have a direct pipeline to City Hall with the addition of Community Liaison Susana Figueroa. A 10-year Waukegan resident who started her new position last month, Figueroa will...

Expect lane closures and traffic slowdowns this summer on Greenleaf Avenue around the Illinois Highway 120 bridge near Lakehurst Shopping Center while the bridge is being repainted, Waukegan officials say....

The board of North Chicago Unit School District 187 has voted to authorize the restoration of several regular and extracurricular programs dropped in recent years because of ailing finances. The...

Lambs Farm is looking for volunteers to help with special events this summer. Volunteers are needed to work in various areas, but mainly concessions, according to volunteer coordinator Margo Maxwell....