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

Families staying in the permanent residential shelter can prepare meals, eat in a communal dining room, get employment counseling and clothing for a job interview.

Three chicks were released along the Waukegan shoreline, the same day three resident piping plovers were named and banded for identification.

Stopping the carp is the idea of a $1.15 billion project along the Des Plaines River in Will County, building a barrier to stop the voracious carp from entering Lake Michigan.

Meeting with a group of senior citizens, U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Highland Park, wanted to talk about the upcoming anniversary of Social Security, which was signed into law on Aug. 14, 1935.

The Waukegan City Council voted 6-3 without debate to approve a liquor license for The Twisted Diner, giving the new restaurant the final legal requirement to start serving customers.

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.

For some Illinois drivers, the sticker shock of a nearly 60% toll increase proposed for 2027 has obfuscated inflation-related hikes set to recur every two years effective 2029, if approved.