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Founded by a former educator who wanted to make a difference in her community, the newly opened African American Museum at the England Manor in Waukegan traces the contributions of African Americans all the way back to Africa up to present day. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.

Parents in both Chicago and the suburbs are rallying to call for remote learning options for students as coronavirus concerns persist in many districts.

With the rise of COVID-19 cases nationwide, families in a Waukegan school district believe they should be able to decide if their kids can attend school in-person. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey has the story.

An Illinois woman has been charged with aggravated battery, among other charges, after headbutting a Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy during a traffic stop early Saturday morning, according to police.

A child died in a drowning Sunday evening on Lake Michigan in north suburban Waukegan, according to fire officials. At approximately 6:20 p.m., the Waukegan Fire Department responded to the lakefront area for a possible drowning. Upon arrival, firefighters learned the child had been removed from the water by a bystander. The witness told first responders that the boy had…

Police in north suburban Lake County are asking for help to identify the body of a pregnant woman pulled from Lake Michigan earlier this month, according to authorities. The deceased woman, who police are referring to as “Lake Michigan Jane Doe,” was found at approximately 3 p.m. Aug. 15 after a fisherman noticed a body floating in the water approximately…

All westbound lanes of Interstate 94 near Six Flags Great America are closed after a Sunday afternoon crash, according to Illinois State Police.

A man was airlifted to a hospital with “severe traumatic” facial injuries late Saturday night following an accident involving a firework in north suburban Waukegan, authorities said.

A 35-year-old man has died after a drowning early Sunday morning at Waukegan Harbor, according to the Lake County Coroner’s Office.

A Waukegan man was held on $2 million bail Wednesday for the murder of his ex-wife on Valentine’s Day in the north suburb. Jose Alvarado-Ramirez called 9-1-1 about 6:45 a.m. Sunday to report that he had found his ex-wife unresponsive inside a vehicle in the 500 block of Lakehurst Road, Waukegan police said. Officers arrived to the scene and found…

Luis Alonso Sandoval-Oliva, a former soccer player whose career included appearances with Mexican club giants Guadalajara and America, was arrested on drug charges last week in the north suburbs.

The Waukegan Fire Department was called to three fires on Christmas Eve and an early morning fire on Christmas Day as the Chicago area experienced brutally cold weather, authorities said. In the first incident, at approximately 1:30 a.m. Thursday, emergency crews responded to Hillary’s BBQ, 2021 N. Lewis Ave., where firefighters located heavy fire in the barbecue pit, extending into…

A Waukegan aerospace company announced Saturday that it has begun constructing coronavirus-killing robots.

Police reports indicate officers in the Chicago suburb of Waukegan didn’t immediately provide medical aid to a man after a police shooting due to fear that he or his girlfriend might be armed

Marcellis Stinnette allegedly laid on the ground bleeding without medical attention for over eight minutes after being fatally shot by Waukegan police. It’s one of the several allegations in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. district court by Stinnette’s mother, Zharvellis Holmes. The suit accuses negligence by the city of Waukegan, Police Chief Wayne Walles and the two...

The mother of Marcellis Stinnette remembers her son after the 19-year old was fatally shot by a police officer in Waukegan in an exclusive interview with NBC 5. Stefan Holt reports

Waukegan police have released body camera and dashboard camera footage from a fatal police shooting that left a Black man dead and a Black woman injured. NBC 5’s Alex Maragos has the latest.

Police videos showing a suburban Chicago police officer fatally shooting a Black man and wounding a Black woman will be released Wednesday once relatives have seen the footage, attorneys representing the families say. Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham said during a Sunday prayer vigil for Marcellis Stinnette, 19, who died in the shooting last Tuesday, that the city intended to publicly…

Sasha Williams, the sister of Tafara Williams, delivers a poem she wrote after her sister was shot by Waukegan police and her boyfriend killed. Her family is demanding transparency and justice in the shooting. An investigation remains ongoing, but the officer involved has since been fired.

A Black woman who was shot by police last week in suburban Waukegan spoke from her hospital bed Tuesday, saying officers did nothing more than cover her boyfriend with a blanket after he was shot and left him on the ground to die.