The family of Mary Alice Love, the Black woman shot and killed by Mundelein police in May, renewed its calls for criminal charges against the officer involved after viewing additional body cam footage and listening to 911 call recordings.

One person died in a structure fire in Portage, Indiana, as thunderstorms rolled through again in a year with a record-breaking number of tornados.

Waukegan’s public schools first established a policy governing the use of cell phones and other electronic devices in 2018. In many ways, it mirrors the new law.

With signs reading “Rebuild Waukegan” posted around the city, the phrase is becoming part of the conversation among residents.

Ewing will serve as the County Board member for District 9 until Dec. 7, at which point whoever wins the special election this November will be sworn in.

Volunteers assume that they were eaten by predators, but this is difficult if not impossible to prove without bodies.

Democrats control all statewide offices and have a supermajority in both chambers of the legislature. The party also rules in Lake County.