The 300 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents expected to arrive in the Chicago area will be based at Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago. The site could also host the National Guard.

Established in 1979, the Bingham Award is named in honor of the late Capt. Wheelock H. Bingham. Capt. Bingham was the Chief ...

Harold John (Jack) Day died on August 31, 2025, at the age of 96. He was born to Everett and Mary (Godfrey) Day on May 22, 1929 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jack graduated from Washington High School in ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday hosted the Polish president in the Oval Office, as leaders in Warsaw and other European countries discuss ongoing security threats posed by Russia's invasion of ...

A former U.S. Navy sailor on Thursday was sentenced to 12 years in prison for a 2022 terrorist plot to attack Naval Station Great Lakes in Chicago's northern suburbs in retaliation for the ...

Though Xuanyu Harry Pang's plot focused on the base about 40 miles north of Chicago, court records show he also suggested a "max damage" attack on Michigan Avenue.

Interfaith leaders from the suburbs and Chicago marched to Naval Station Great Lakes Saturday to protest U.S. Immigration and ...

The mayor of North Chicago said he has heard from officials at Naval Station Great Lakes that it will serve as a base for hundreds of federal agents in the upcoming immigration enforcement crackdown.

A judge handed a prison sentence to a former Navy sailor who plotted an attack against Naval Station Great Lakes.

Suburbs and cities in Lake County are putting out messages to residents in anticipation of federal agents expected to come to the Great Lakes Naval Base in North Chicago as part of the Trump ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio,. (WPBN/WGTU) -— U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Russell E. Dash assumed command of the Great Lakes District, succeeding Rear Adm. Jon P. Hickey, during a change of command ceremony held in ...

Three members of Illinois’ congressional delegation arrived at Naval Station Great Lakes Friday morning, hoping to meet with naval personnel and officials of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ...