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Attendees of a suburban Chicago basketball tournament are being asked to self-quarantine at home after a person who attended the event tested positive for coronavirus. According to the Lake County Health Department, the individual attended the “Above the Rim Classic” basketball tournament at Waukegan’s Belvidere Park on June 14. Those who also attended the event are being asked to self-quarantine…

One day after a bottle of hand sanitizer caused a family’s car to go up in flames in suburban Waukegan, the fire department is warning the public to keep bottles of hand sanitizer out of the sun during the summer heat. On Thursday, Juan Rodriguez and his family were preparing to go fishing when a neighbor noticed his car...

One day after a bottle of hand sanitizer caused a family’s car to go up in flames in suburban Waukegan, the fire department is sending a warning the public. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

A small bottle of hand sanitizer left on a car’s dashboard caused the vehicle to catch fire Thursday in suburban Waukegan, according to the fire department. Fire officials stated that sunlight shining through the windshield onto the sanitizer was enough to cause the fire to ignite. The owner had been refilling the bottle with 80% alcohol sanitizer that was supplied…

Waukegan police say that approximately 50 businesses were impacted by looting over the weekend, with some hit multiple times by thieves. The news comes as Waukegan released total numbers of arrests and calls to authorities over the weekend. Beginning Sunday and into Monday morning, more than four dozen businesses in the community were hit by vandals and looters. In addition,…

Like so many of the businesses past and present, unrest, said Rep. LaShawn Ford, has robbed a Chicago community yet again of far more than shoes and coats and groceries. NBC 5’s Carol Marin has the story.

As part of the state of Illinois’ continuing efforts to increase the availability of coronavirus testing, a new drive-thru testing facility opened in suburban Waukegan on Sunday morning. The site, one of six “Community Based Testing Sites” in the state, will be open seven days a week, and will be available to test individuals who are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, as…

As part of the state of Illinois’ continuing efforts to increase the availability of coronavirus testing, a new drive-thru testing facility opened in suburban Waukegan on Sunday morning. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell has the story.

Several schools were placed on a soft lockdown for hours Tuesday afternoon as police responded to a barricade situation in Waukegan, the Lake County Sheriff’s office said.   Waukegan High School’s Washington Campus, Abbott Middle School, Juarez Middle School and Career Academy AOEC were all on a soft lockdown amid the police response. The sheriff’s office closed Washington Street...

Sky 5 video shows a barricade situation that put numerous Waukegan schools on a soft lockdown Tuesday.

Two storefronts in downtown Waukegan have been battling over a secondhand smoke conflict for years. Julie Contreras operates a community center and church in a building that LULAC has owned since 1974 on Genesee Street. A few years ago, ‘A Cuban Experience’ moved in next door, and according to Contreras, they promised to install the proper ventilation for their smoking…

A community activist alleges that city and county officials are not doing enough to protect her from the secondhand smoke that has migrated into her building. NBC 5’s Hilda Gutierrez investigates.

A 52-year-old man was critically injured in a crash Monday in north suburban Waukegan Township. Officers were called to a single-vehicle crash about 12:50 p.m. at Green Bay Road and Keith Avenue, the Lake County sheriff’s office said. Investigators determined a 2006 Ford Econoline was northbound on Green Bay when the driver crossed into southbound traffic, struck a curb, a…

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The family of a 45-year-old woman who was killed by a hit-and-run driver last week while she was walking on a road in north suburban Waukegan, is looking for answers.

The family of a 45-year-old woman who was killed by a hit-and-run driver last week while she was walking on a road in north suburban Waukegan, is looking for answers. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

The mother of a woman killed in a Zion hit-and-run pleads for answers in her daughter’s death.

A 45-year-old woman of Zion was killed by a hit-and-run driver Wednesday while she was walking on a road in north suburban Waukegan, police say. About 5:40 p.m., officers responded to the intersection of Sheridan Road and Greenwood Avenue for calls of a person lying in the street and found Jenny Gaston badly injured, Waukegan police said in a statement….

A northern Illinois man has been convicted a second time in the 2011 beating death of a 3-year-old boy.

Dwayne Springs is one of dozens of Waukegan High School parents who are angrily questioning whether there is more violence on the school’s Brookside campus than parents have been made aware of. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has the story.