Controversy surrounds security at Lakeside Tower in Waukegan

A Waukegan man said he worked as a security guard at Lakeside Tower highrise even though he did not apply for the job or undergo a background check.

• More pain pills prescribed in suburbs than Chicago

  People living in Chicago’s suburbs are prescribed up to four times as many pain pills per person as those who live in the city, a Chicago Sun-Times analysis shows.

• Two men flee Amstutz crash

  Two men miraculously survived a car crash Sunday morning when their 2000 Volkswagen Jetta jumped a curve, flipped a couple of times, ejected the driver and slammed into trees near the Amstutz Expressway and Greenwood Avenue.

• Liberty Station is major proposal for village

  John McLinden is embarking on a project that could change the face of downtown Libertyville. McLinden, a Libertyville developer who created the residential development on School Street, has his eyes set on a much bigger project.