Gurnee News

Tourists spent more than $1 billion in Lake County last year, a record high that marked a 6-percent increase over the prior year - possibly because of higher hotel occupancy rates and tax revenue, officials ...

Gurnee will chip in $10,000 toward a project designed to stem occasional flooding known to shut Washington Street at the village's southeastern border.

Former College of Lake County baseball player and Warren Township High School athlete Nathan Hartman was seriously injured Friday when the Gurnee man struck his head while riding a personal watercraft on Lake ...

Those in search of a nearby fireworks stand for a few last minute Fourth of July explosives will likely need to extend the borders of their search.

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A Lake County judge denied a motion to lower the bond of the former Waukegan police officer accused of raping a woman while on duty.

A Fox Lake lawyer is charged with felony driving under the influence after a Sunday morning crash that injured four people.

Marilyn Weinger said her interest in keeping kids safe from harm dates back to the early 1990s when a friend's child went missing.

If the typical Stephen King novel leaves you too petrified to go to bed at night, Gurnee's Diana Vickery is hoping her Web site dedicated to "cozy books" will help people find some tame, yet enthralling, ...

After years of planning retirement parties for other people, Diana Knoble got her own send-off Friday.

In order to measure how well students are doing in reading and math, Waukegan Public Schools will begin using a new assessment system in the fall.

Is this "Community of Opportunity" really living up to its motto in hiring a diversified village work force? Trustee Greg Garner, who chairs the village's Diversity Committee, thinks it can do much better.

An 18-year-old Waukegan man riding a bicycle in the fast lane of Route 41 near Milwaukee Avenue in north suburban Gurnee was struck and killed by a car early Saturday morning.

Gurnee police say a man has been charged after driving to a school bus stop and attempting to talk to boys at least twice last week, alarming a neighborhood in the process.

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Gurnee/Wadsworth is looking for people who want to make a difference in the fight against cancer.

A 2-year-old girl allegedly abducted by her mother from her home in Gurnee was found safe and sound by authorities Friday afternoon in Skokie.

Larry Sinclair-the gay man who's accused Senator Barack Obama of sharing gay sex and drugs with him in a Gurnee, IL hotel room in 1999-held a press conference at the National Press Club today.

Add the Des Plaines River to the list of waterways in danger of flooding. Gilbert R. Boucher II Kris Minyard of Fox Lake wades into water that surrounds his home in the Kings Landing area.

Stating that no one is entitled to special treatment because of their occupation, a judge denied a request to reduce the bond for the Gurnee cop accused of sexually assaulting two young girls.

A day of music, dance and comedy is set for Saturday in Waukegan as the ninth annual Dandelion Wine Fine Arts Festival is held at Bowen Park.