Beach Park News

Renaming West Adams Road was long overdue. Now it's West Major Avenue. The Village Board approved the change Tuesday night, unfinished business from annexing West Adams from Wadsworth more than six years ago.

Giana Burkley was warned repeatedly to keep her distance from a 13-year-old grade school girl.

In a turnabout from his position Friday, Lake County Board member Angelo Kyle of Waukegan filed election petitions Monday to take on state Rep.

Three countywide office holders will face competition in the November 2010 general election.

Encouraged by the success of its first tax-increment finance district, the Village Board has decided to launch two more and extend the first.

Three new Neighborhood Watch programs have begun in the village, paving the way for a climate where neighbors watch out for each other.

Waukeganite plays waiting game for kidney transplant Operation will free him from dialysis By JUDY MASTERSON JMASTERSON@SCN1.COM WAUKEGAN -- The call may come in the middle of the night, and when it comes, Ron Howard will grab the keys to his car, where he has already stashed a bag that holds a toothbrush and a Bible, and drive south.

Beach Park amends noise ordinance BEACH PARK -- If your car stereo can be heard booming from 26 feet away, you would be in violation of a newly amended noise ordinance approved by trustees Tuesday night.

Two candidates are running in the Feb. 2 Democratic primary for Lake County sheriff for the opportunity to challenge Republican Sheriff Mark Curran in the November 2010 general election.

Visitors are talking about bogies of the scary kind at Golf-A-Rama on Sheridan Road.

Chilly, daylong rain provided a gloomy backdrop Thursday as members of the Lake County Community Foundation sought to demonstrate the level of need in Lake County.

Sunday was all about toys and classic cars, at least for the 2,000 people who attended the Toys for Tots Classic Car Cruise.

A 54-year-old man has been attacked by a shark while surfing off Maui. Maui County spokeswoman Mahina Martin says the unidentified man was bitten Monday morning in the upper right thigh and lower right ankle off Kalama Beach Park.

Genesis 32 was the reading for the 50th anniversary meeting of the Thursday Morning Men's Bible Study.

Jim Hollingshead is pleased the village is about done with its 2008 water main extension project.

A former Boys and Girls Club volunteer is awaiting sentencing on sex charges after pleading guilty to having a sexual relationship with a teenage girl.

A simple idea will help keep more veterans warm this winter. Wendi Roberts of Waukegan is putting her contacts with area first responders to work to help collect coats and other cold weather outerwear for struggling veterans and servicemen and women.

A Beach Park man was placed on court supervision for two years Friday for possessing just over an ounce of marijuana.

No one matched all six numbers in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing Tuesday night and the grand prize has grown to nearly $150 million.

Got corn? The answer to this question takes about an hour to solve if you take on the corn maze at Kroll's Farm near Waukegan.