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Felony charges of official misconduct and misapplication of funds against Waukegan City Clerk Janet Kilkelly were dismissed by a judge this week.

An investigation is underway and multiple vehicles have been identified after a teen bicyclist was killed in a suburban hit-and-run crash.

Officials in suburban Lake County have positively identified a human arm found on a Waukegan beach earlier this year as belonging to a missing Milwaukee woman.

A human arm that washed up on a suburban Chicago beach may be linked to a Wisconsin case in which a 19-year-old woman was killed and dismembered after going on a date. Regina Waldroup reports.

A human arm that washed up on a suburban Chicago beach may be linked to a Wisconsin case in which a 19-year-old woman was killed and dismembered after going on a date.

The man was targeting victims he met on a dating app, Chicago police said

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A suburban mother is grieving the loss of her 10-year-old daughter to suicide, saying she never saw any signs leading up to the tragedy.

A Waukegan mother is sharing her heart-wrenching story of losing her 10-year-old daughter to suicide 9 days ago, NBC Chicago’s Regina Waldroup reports.

A suburban Chicago man who told his estranged wife in a note after he drowned their three young children “If I can’t have them neither can you” was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

A heavy police presence was seen in Waukegan Tuesday evening at an apartment complex where a child was possibly injured, NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.

Elected officials in Lake County called on the owner of Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan to correct deficincies that led Illinois’ Department of Health to revoke the hospital’s trauma center status. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan has lost its trauma center status following an IDPH investigation. Patrick Fazio has more.

Lake County health officials on Monday afternoon are set to hold a news conference after Vista Medical Center East, a hospital north suburban Waukegan, had its designation as a trauma center revoked by the Illinois Department of Public Health following an investigation.

Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan has had its designation as a trauma center revoked by state officials, according to a north suburban lawmaker. In a news release on Sunday, State Sen. Adriane Johnson, of Buffalo Grove, said the loss in trauma care status is “a determintal downturn in trauma-focused care” for the Waukegan community. Vista Medical Center East was…

A man robbed a suburban Bank of America location Saturday before fleeing the scene on foot, police said.

An investigation is underway after two men were found dead inside of a vacant Waukegan hotel last week.

Two men were arrested and face charges after they allegedly tried to assault police officers in unincorporated Round Lake on Sunday morning.

The Lake County Coroner’s Office on Monday released the name of the Waukegan man who was killed in a crash while drag racing over the weekend. Steven Cielesz, 60, died on Sunday afternoon following a collision at Sheridan and Yorkhouse roads in Beach Park. He died from blunt force injuries as a result of the crash, according to the...

Waukegan Public Schools is going public with plans to join a group of other school districts in class-action lawsuits against some of the biggest social media companies in the world, alleging that the policies and content on those sites are harming students, NBC Chicago’s Regina Waldroup reports.