2 Waukegan workers electrocuted while trimming trees, officials say
Two employees with Waukegan’s Public Workers department were electrocuted while trimming trees on Thursday, authorities said.
Waukegan, Illinois city workers suffer electric shock from power lines
Firefighters said the workers were trimming trees at Pershing Road and Greenwood Avenue near the Waukegan Generating Station, a now-shuttered coal-fired power plant. The workers' crane touched a power ...
‘Dreamers’ on minds of Waukegan MLK Dreamers Breakfast attendees; ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’
Elected officials, members of the clergy and other local leaders among a crowd of more than 500 people gave their take on ...
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Men wanted for stealing hundreds of vases from gravestones
The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office has issued arrest warrants for two Waukegan men charged with stealing “hundreds” of vases from gravestones in September in McHenry and Lake counties, ...
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Coroner identifies 70-year-old man fatally struck by hit-and-run vehicle on Route 41 in Waukegan
The coroner's office has released the identity of a 70-year-old man who was fatally hit by a vehicle that fled the scene on ...
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Waukegan hospital furloughs some employees: report
It signals another troubled chapter for Vista Medical Center East as financial challenges constrain the hospital's operations ...
Hospital patient in Waukegan dies after being found on roof
A hospital patient in Waukegan died Thursday after being found on the roof. Authorities responded to Vista Medical Center ...
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Firefighters rescue multiple residents after fire breaks out at apartment building in Waukegan
Firefighters rescued multiple residents after a fire broke out in an apartment building in Waukegan, leaving two units ...