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A yellow hydrant sits outside of a fenced area announcing a data center north of West Peterson Road on the T5 @ Chicago IV data center property on July 5, 2026, in Grayslake. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Lawsuit filed against planned Grayslake data center: ‘We have a really strong case’

August 7, 2026 at 2:34 p.m.

Filed on behalf of the Preservation of Community Well-being Collective, the lawsuit’s plaintiffs are residents and property owners in Saddlebrook Farms, Grayslake, Mundelein and Round Lake Park.

Six Flags announces largest investment in decades, new attractions: ‘It’s really special’

August 6, 2026 at 2:16 p.m.

Park President John Krajnak called it one of the most significant investments in the park since the 1996 opening of the Southwest Territory.

Susann Marsh Look gives fellow Great America park alum Kenned MacIver a hug during last Friday's get-together. As the theme park celebrates 50 years, park Show Operations staffers got together to reminisce. (Joe States/Pioneer Press)

Original Great America alumni celebrate 50th anniversary: ‘It was a really unique time’

August 4, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.

Nearly 200 people crowded the event hall Friday evening, calling out to each other, hugging and sharing memories as old park tunes played over the speakers.

A morning rush hour train along Milwaukee District North line, Dec. 16, 2021. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Lake County Metra rail work kicks off, suspends midday service

August 4, 2026 at 7:49 a.m.

The project — replacing 18,500 railroad ties and nearly 24,000 feet of rail — is expected to take nearly three months to complete.

Grayslake data center developer not going to fill in wetland: ‘Building a lasting partnership’

July 31, 2026 at 3:54 p.m.

Pete Marin, CEO of T5, said that given the “extent of community questions and concerns,” the company has “volunteered to indefinitely suspend our permit application for wetland remediation.”

Stay out of lake after heavy rains, Lake County officials warn: Bacteria levels spiked this week

July 30, 2026 at 2:30 p.m.

On Wednesday after serious storms caused power outages across the county, nearly all of Lake County’s Lake Michigan beaches had “high bacteria level” advisories.

Demonstrators marched in June from Mundelein Village Hall to the police department in support of Mary Alice Love, the 37-year-old Black woman shot and killed by police during a mental health crisis call on May 11. (Joe States/Pioneer Press)

Mundelein police shooting of Mary Alice Love ruled a homicide: ‘A big deal for the family’

July 30, 2026 at 12:47 p.m.

The primary distinction that was put forward in the Lake County coroner’s inquest was whether Love’s death had been a homicide or a “suicide by cop.”

The roof of an apartment building was taken off by Monday's storms, impacting 17 to 18 units, a Waukegan alderman said. Crews worked Tuesday to clear downed trees and power lines.(City of Waukegan)

Storm leaves Lake County with extensive power outages and damage

July 28, 2026 at 2:19 p.m.

ComEd said more than 530,000 of its customers were impacted, with some of the hardest hit communities including Lake County’s Waukegan and Libertyville.

People stand to applaud Lilu Weisberger, 14, behind podium, after speaking in the public participation segment of the Deerfield Public Schools District 109 Board of Education meeting at Caruso Middle School on April 10, 2025, in Deerfield. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Fight over trans-inclusive student policies has moved to courts: ‘The feds are coming’

July 27, 2026 at 5:33 p.m.

Opponents argue that Illinois’ transgender inclusive policies, whether for sports or locker rooms, are now in violation of federal law.

Susan Schulenberg places flowers on July 20, 2026, on the grave of David and Rosa, two abandoned infants that had been kept in a morgue for several years before Schulenberg's nonprofit group helped organize their funeral in 2005. Schulenberg emphasized the importance of educating people about the state's Safe Haven law. (Joe States/Pioneer Press)

After arrest in 2005 infant’s death, woman who buried him wonders if Safe Haven law would have saved him

July 24, 2026 at 3:06 p.m.

Rest in His Arms, a nonprofit founded in 2005, has organized the burials of more than 50 abandoned infants in the last 21 years.

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