A focus on preventable deaths is a shared goal for Lake County coroner candidates. Incumbent Democrat Jennifer Banek, a nurse ...

The mission of the coroner's office is to conduct efficient and thorough death investigations, particularly focusing on ...

Coroner Jennifer Banek is seeking re-election to a second term in office on Nov. 5, and she is running against Mark Symonds, a funeral home owner and operator.

Authorities say a Waukegan man was killed after he was struck by a vehicle while trying to cross Belvidere Road in Park City ...

Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek said the remains of 79 indigent or unclaimed people, who had previously been cremated, were interred in the cemetery. Most of the descendants died from 2016 and ...