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Lake County News-Sun

Monday, August 24, 2026

As Illinois debates rules for license plate readers, resistance grows in Lake County

At a busy Highland Park intersection, a camera goes missing; not usually a newsworthy occurrence, but the online reaction to the disappearance of this particular type of camera — an automated license plate reader — was unique.

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Column: Vista Medical Center East troubles go national

It’s not a pleasant read about what’s happened to once-respected hospitals not only in Waukegan, but others AHS owns, including one in downstate Granite City.

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Grayslake public meeting on data center canceled due to safety concerns over online comments

An extended public comment session on the Grayslake data center was abruptly canceled just a day before it was scheduled at the University Center of Lake County, with the venue pointing to safety concerns over social media posts.

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Federal Supply USA celebrates 95 years and four generations as family-owned business in Waukegan

Federal Supply USA Director of Marketing Chelsea Seleveredes Romens is part of a very select group of people working in a family business. She is the fourth generation of her family to work at the company her great-grandfather founded in 1931.

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Interactive Ray Bradbury exhibit opens in Waukegan: ‘No one can live forever, but an author’s stories can’

Lori Nerheim, the president of the Waukegan Historical Society, said the library was where Bradbury discovered “the magic of books.”

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Law & Order column: Lake County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol aids in water rescue

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol was part of a coordinated effort earlier this month to help a man whose kayak had overturned in Lake Michigan.

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Data centers near O’Hare win nearly $100M in local tax breaks, leaving suburban homeowners to cover the gap

Northwest suburban data centers had nearly $2 billion knocked off their taxable property values, an Illinois Answers Project/Chicago Tribune analysis shows.

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As microplastics pollute every corner of the Great Lakes, scientists push governments to combat threat

Plastics just keep getting smaller, and potentially more harmful to humans, fish and wildlife. Even the most remote areas of the Great Lakes aren’t spared.

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