A Waukegan City Alderman caught up in a controversy for posting a severed arm on social media is under fire again, this time for telling a roomful of city officials that men work more than women. 6th Ward Alderman Keith Turner, who is already facing a censure vote by the Waukegan City Council for posting […]
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City council votes to not suspend certain duties of Waukegan city clerk under indictment on more than dozen felony charges
The Waukegan City Council voted against a proposed ordinance Monday evening that would suspend and re-assign certain duties of Waukegan City Clerk Janet Kilkelly, who was indicted on over a dozen felony charges last week. A Lake County grand jury last Wednesday returned a 15-count indictment against Kilkelly, 69. Kilkelly is facing charges of official […]
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Local officials, community mourn death of former Waukegan alderman and NCAA wrestling champion
Local officials and the community are mourning the death of a former Waukegan alderman, who was an NCAA wrestling champion and the longest-serving city council member. Larry TenPas, 89, died on Tuesday surrounded by his loved ones at a hospital in Cook County. TenPas was a former alderman for Waukegan’s sixth ward and the longest-serving […]
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Police arrest Lake County Black Lives Matter founder during tense city council meeting in Waukegan
The founder of the Lake County Black Lives Matter chapter was arrested by police after he refused to leave after speaking at a Waukegan City Council meeting. Clyde J. McLemore, 63, of the 2100 block of Bethesda Boulevard in Zion, was charged with one count of criminal trespass to state land, a misdemeanor. McLemore walked […]
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City council honors firefighters, police officer who found missing woman alive in Lake Michigan near Waukegan
Firefighters and a police officer who found a missing woman alive in Lake Michigan near Waukegan last month were honored Tuesday by the city council. The family of a 57-year-old woman filed a missing person report with the North Chicago Police Department on August 2. Waukegan Deputy Police Chief Joe Florip told Lake and McHenry […]
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Waukegan City Council honors employee who saved choking co-worker at Amazon warehouse
An Amazon employee was honored by the Waukegan City Council Monday for saving the life of a fellow co-worker who was choking at an Amazon warehouse in Waukegan. Waukegan Mayor Ann Taylor and the rest of the Waukegan City Council honored Amazon Process Assistant Julissa Palomo with a Waukegan Proud Award. On February 5, an […]
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Waukegan police chief makes policy changes after 15-year-old boy wrongfully charged in shooting
The Waukegan police chief announced that the department will no longer arrest juveniles at school and no longer interrogate them without a parent or attorney present in wake of the wrongful arrest of a 15-year-old. Waukegan Interim Police Chief Keith Zupec announced the policy changes during Monday evening’s city council meeting. “We cannot allow this […]