Round Lake Beach News

Erin Borggren, director, Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs, presents the June Veteran of the Month Award to Lisabeth Risley of Round Lake.

A suburban Round Lake Beach man is being held without bond Monday for the death of a man in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood.

A Round Lake Beach man is being held Friday on $500,000 bond in connection with the May 12 death of a man in Round Lake Park.

A Libertyville pilgrimage site for Roman Catholics is celebrating the visit of relics of a saint known for his advocacy for the poor and experiencing a vision of the infant Jesus.

State Rep. Sam Yingling, a Round Lake Beach Democrat and openly gay lawmaker, said watching advocates yell from the Illinois House galleries demanding a vote on same-sex marriage - and knowing one wasn't coming - was "surreal."

We'd love to thank the person who donated $95,000 to honor those who died in military service, but he or she wished to remain anonymous.

Senate Bill 26 , which increases access to health care acces for all residents of Illinois with the final implementation of Obamacare , passed the Illinois Senate on Tuesday by a vote of 39-20. In the Illinois House on Monday, the bill passed 63-55 with no Republicans voting for the bill.

It took 28 years to arrest Bostic on charges he killed Carlton Richmond in 1982, but police say they got the right man after witnesses to the long-forgotten case finally gave them the evidence they needed.