Gurnee Illinois Travel Guide

The annual Ribfest, sponsored by the Breakfast Exchange Club of Gurnee will be held Aug.

A Gurnee firefighter has been chosen by the American Legion as the state's Department Firefighter of the Year.

Prosecutors said they are seeking life in prison for the Wisconsin man accused of abducting a woman from a Gurnee Mills parking lot and then sexually assaulting her.

Even though her attorney is charged with a felony drug possession, "T-shirt girl" Jennifer LaPenta said Thursday she trusted her lawyer and would not hire anyone else to represent her.

Fed up with guests of Six Flags Great America taking up all the public parking spaces next to their clubhouse and pool, the umbrella homeowners association for the Pembrook neighborhood across from the theme park on Grand Avenue is calling upon the village to help them find relief.

Damien Crooks, son of Stephen and Patrice Crooks of Gurnee, was awarded a Merit Scholarship from Mississippi College School of Law.

The Gurnee Park District seeks volunteers for various duties at its 10-kilometer race and 2-mile Fun Run/Walk set for Aug.

Christopher P. Villarreal, of 524 E. Lilac Court, Round Lake Beach, was charged July 21 with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a revoked license after his vehicle was stopped at Route 132 and Dilleys Road.

Gurnee will allow a lone exception to a village moratorium on wind and solar devices at the request of a Chicago-based wind and solar energy design company, which plans to open a showroom and install solar panels to the roof of a commercial building at Washington Street and Cemetery Road.

A major construction strike affecting road projects throughout the region is finally over, but Lake County transportation officials say it's too early to tell whether the work stoppage will cause any significant delays in completing county road projects.

The Youth Conservation Corps clean up at sites in Wadsworth, Gurnee, Libertyville and Vernon Hills.

A reported attack on a female jogger in Gurnee over the weekend has turned out to be unfounded, police said on Wednesday.

Army Pvt. Johnathan Moore , son of Shirley Cox of Niagara Falls, N.Y., and nephew of Natele Harris of North Chicago, graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. He is a 2009 graduate of Warren Township High School, Gurnee.

A South Carolina man was sentenced to a second, concurrent probationary term on a separate charge involving the molestation of a Gurnee girl.

Wearing different caps is how District 3 is operating these days. Officials are also saving money by streamlining.

Police are looking for man who attacked a woman jogging in Gurnee Sunday, sending her to the hospital with a concussion and other injuries.

A pair of Libertyville residents hope to persuade village officials to begin broadcasting board meetings on cable television or the Internet.

Mother Nature hasn't been cooperating with the Lake County Animal Protection Association, as rains washed away the group's second garage sale on Saturday.

Zion-Benton Public Library, 2400 Gabriel Ave., 872-4680. Barbecue: All a>tweens in the Hit, Read and Win Summer Reading Club are invited to a barbecue from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday.

Altrusa International, Inc. of Lake County held their annual scholarship potluck dinner at the Gurnee Police Station Community Room on Tuesday, July 20, 2010.