GREAT LAKES, Ill. (WLS) -- The Great Lakes Naval Station was on lockdown Friday morning after a vehicle drove through an entrance gate. A black Toyota Camry "made an unauthorized entry into Gate One" ...

In its long and storied history, Naval Station Great Lakes has had various missions. From training the nation’s sailors, to treating some 11,000 Vietnam War wounded, to hosting the first freed ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently contacted an Illinois naval base for assistance with future missions, Navy officials confirmed. The department, which oversees immigration enforcement ...

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. (WLS) -- For the next few weeks, we are counting down to the 200th birthday of Illinois. We are doing that by celebrating some of the places that make our state special. Friday ...

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 ...

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 ...

Illinois senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, along with Democratic Congressman Brad Schneider, have requested a meeting with the Secretary of Navy to get detailed plans of how the Great Lakes ...