Steve Sadin

Early voting starts Sept. 24 in the lobby of the Lake County Courthouse & Administration Center in Waukegan and expands to 17 other locations on Oct. 19.

Leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties in Lake County agree on the most important issue — affordability — for voters in the Nov. 3 federal, state and local elections, but they offer different explanations for their reasoning.

Besides Waukegan, Woodland Gourmet has plants in Utah, Nebraska, and New Jersey.

A drop-down fire escape from the second level of the Merchants Block building, which has 18 apartments at the southeast corner of Genesee and Water

As a youngster, newly appointed Waukegan Fire Department Chief Matthew Burleson said he idolized an uncle who was a police officer.

An additional 11 paraprofessionals in Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 will soon be on their way to becoming certified teachers courtesy of a Teacher Vacancy Grant from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

Working in a family business can be satisfying for a lot of people, but it did not allow Marcelo Avelar of Gurnee to follow his calling to help people whose unwise decisions negatively impacted their lives.

A reduction in the number of psychologists working in Waukegan Community Unit School District 60, leaving the number of bilingual therapists at

Vista Medical Center East may be required to pay rent to a landlord if Lake County Judge R. Christopher Ditton orders the real estate at the northwest corner of Sheridan Road and Glen Flora.

Hispanic Heritage Month started early with the Fiestas Patrias parade and festival on Sunday and continues through Nov. 1, with the Waukegan Park District's annual Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration.