Monday Poetry Appreciation Club: If you are a fan of Dickinson, Poe, Alexie, Angelou, Frost, Whitman, or other poets, join in gathering with fellow poetry lovers. They meet the third Monday of the month to read aloud and discuss great works of poetry. 7 p.m. Monday, Lake Forest Library, 360 E....
Shari Goldberg held Toby, a 3-year-old American bulldog mix, in her arms when he took his last breath on Sept. 30. That was one of the only kind gestures the dog had experienced in months, maybe longer. Other kindness came from veterinarians who cared for him for four days before he was euthanized...
Hoping to encourage more than “old white men” to seek election, Libertyville trustees are proposing an ordinance that would raise the pay for elected officials. The three-person finance committee on Oct. 9 authorized drafting a formal ordinance for the Oct. 23 board meeting, which is the last opportunity...
Libertyville police allowed a Waukegan officer to call for a ride home even though he registered a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit during an early morning traffic stop, video and audio recordings obtained by the Lake County News-Sun show. The case is the third example of law...
While the Waukegan Police Department opened internal investigations within days after two rank-in-file officers were involved in traffic stops, the probe into a stop involving a deputy chief took much longer, interviews and records obtained by the Lake County News-Sun show. Deputy Chief Gabriel...
“Late Nite Catechism” is one of the longest continuously-running shows in Chicago theater history. It’s is a one-woman show that’s part Catechism class, part interactive comedy, and it is celebrating 25 years this year. It was created by authors Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan. “It is fairly amazing...
Waukegan District 60’s deputy superintendent is resigning for personal health reasons, marking the third departure of a top administrator in the last five months. Vicky Kleros-Rosales, the district’s deputy superintendent of academic supports and programs, will be stepping down as soon as her replacement...
A new two-year pilot program is designed to gauge demand for additional Metra trains connecting Chicago residents with their jobs in Lake County through an agreement between the commuter train service and Lake County Partners. The public-private partnership agreement, which will split the costs...
Scott Weinstein likely would have loved seeing “Shrek the Musical,” when he was a child. “I must have seen dozens of (theater for young audience productions) when I was growing up, ranging from musicals to plays and adaptations of books,” said Weinstein, who is directing “Shrek the Musical,” at...
Colorful leaves made crunching sounds on sidewalks as close to 50 students walked through neighborhoods making their way to school accompanied by city police officers and detectives during an inaugural Walk A Cop To School event on Wednesday in North Chicago. The initiative drew families out of...
The hunt is on for a new music director of the Waukegan Symphony Orchestra. With its director search in full swing, the orchestra’s upcoming season will feature four subscription concerts, each one conducted by a finalist auditioning for the top job. First up is its “At the Theater” concert at...
Lou Buccelli, owner of The Oasis on Lake Bluff, wanted to offer gourmet bar food with a twist. “You keep it fast and efficient for the boaters. But I needed to pop it up a notch,” he said. “I opened it to be more of a bar on the Chain, but with our food we turned into an eatery.” That led to offerings...
Waukegan District 60 plans to hire a full-time coordinator of strategy and grant writing, a decision that comes in the wake of a failure to secure a state preschool grant the district had been receiving since 1992. Having a dedicated staff member to search out grants and write the applications...
He’s known for putting cell phones into blenders while their owners have heart palpitations nearby. Adam Trent — who did the iPhone-in-the-blender trick on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” show in 2016 — comes to the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan for a 7:30 p.m. show Oct. 25. He’s a rising star in the...
Growing up in Georgia, Brooks Williams followed the crowd. For a while. He learned to play guitar and just like most kids do, he said he played whatever was on the radio, which was rock music. But sometime when he was a teenager, he said he realized the rock songs were based on blues songs. And...
Nothing illustrates the widening Blue/Red gulf in Lake County as much as the bustle over displaying photographs of politicians near an early voting site in the County Building. While it might seem much ado about nothing, the strict lines have been drawn as we near next month’s elections. The rogues’...
Officials with Six Flags Entertainment Corporation and the Rockford Park District announced late Tuesday that they have reached an agreement that will see the Magic Waters Waterpark operate under the Six Flags banner starting in spring 2019. In a joint statement, the two parties announced that...
Mundelein’s fees for video gambling are among the lowest in the northwest suburbs, but they could soon be among the highest. Currently, Mundelein charges a $250 application fee and if accepted a $50 video gambling business license fee along with a $150 fee to register each individual machine. All...
A 29-year-old Chicago woman was in critical condition Tuesday following a weekend crash in Beach Park, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s deputies were called around 10:23 p.m. Sunday for an crash at York House and Green Bay roads with injuries, according to a statement from...
The Lake County Board unanimously voted Tuesday to make Amy J.P. McEwan the interim county administrator, replacing Barry Burton, who has announced plans to take a job in Florida starting in November. McEwan, presently the deputy county administrator, will take over the position Oct. 24. She has...
Goodbye brewed tea, hello beer brewery. Ravinia Brewing Company in Highland Park has announced plans to open a taproom and taco bar at 582 Roger Williams Ave. on Saturday in the space formerly occupied by Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan’s Madame ZuZu’s tea shop. The new restaurant will...
Early Monday, a Chicago man fishing near Waukegan Harbor thought he spotted a dead salmon but ended up coming across a 4-foot-long American alligator. The kayaking fisherman, David Castaneda, reported the animal to Waukegan’s Animal Control, the Lake County News-Sun reported. The animal had its...
A kayaker fishing for salmon off Waukegan Harbor on Monday morning found an unexpected animal in the water — a 4-foot-long American alligator. Chicago resident David Castaneda had been paddling for about four hours when around 9:30 a.m. he saw something floating in the water, he said. Thinking...
Lake Forest aldermen remain undecided on how much the village should spend on restoring a section of bluff at Forest Park Beach, a portion of which collapsed in June. At the City Council meeting Oct. 1, after more than an hour of discussion, council members tabled whether to spend up to $2 million...
Tenants left homeless after an apartment building fire in Gurnee on Oct. 1 said they were surprised to learn in a newspaper article that the management of the Carriage House apartment homes told Fire Department officials that it was going to find accommodations for residents displaced by the early-evening...
Lincolnshire officials recently bought themselves more time as they consider a potential change in emergency 911 dispatch services. Faced with an expiring contract with Vernon Hills and Countryside Fire Protection District, trustees in Lincolnshire approved in late September a short-term extension...
Listings are subject to change. Please call the venue in advance. To submit items to the calendar, go to newssunonline.com/community.Thursday The Little Foxes: Their season opens with Lillian Hellman's 1939 searing tale of family betrayal and corruption—The Little Foxes. This milestone in American...
As an ongoing $28 million expansion project at Stevenson High School enters its final stages, school officials continue to see a steady increase in student enrollment. The project, officials have said, was developed to accommodate projections that showed an increase in the number of students attending...
Attendance was at least triple the expected turnout during Sunday’s grand opening event at Vernon Hills’ new $200 million Mellody Farm shopping center, according to organizers. The event marked the recent opening of the five major stores — REI, Whole Foods, Nordstrom Rack, HomeGoods and Barnes...
As the plans for the proposed Ray Bradbury Experience Museum in Waukegan begin to solidify, the fundraising campaign that will bring it to life is also kicking off. The first of the six or seven areas that will make up the Ray Bradbury Experience Museum, to be located in the Greater Waukegan Development...
While Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Deerfield) and Doug Bennett, his Republican opponent in the Nov. 6 election, agree on the need for bipartisanship in Washington, they differ sharply on issues like trade policy, the Paris climate accords, immigration and gun control. Bennett and Schneider discussed...
Karen Pagano of Deerfield recently got a call informing her that if a young girl playing in the Highland Park-based Falcons Hockey Association program did not pay her fees by the end of September, she could no longer take the ice. Pagano dipped into the Gina Bronge Memorial Fund, which she administers,...
Academics for years have debated who should be given credit for a quotation that epitomizes the fading weeks of the Illinois gubernatorial election — either American literary giants F. Scott Fitzgerald or Ernest Hemingway. During a bit of repartee, Fitzgerald, author of “The Great Gatsby,” reportedly...
Fred Buck stood on the original inlaid parquet floor of the Victorian-style home in Waukegan where he lived as a child more than half a century ago. Now 87 and living in Lake Bluff, Buck noticed the winding wooden spiral staircase he said scared him when he was 5 years old. “I was afraid to walk...
It only takes one time. But mostly it is a pattern of abusive behavior used by one person —usually an intimate partner — to maintain power and control over another. That’s domestic violence. On Wednesday, A Safe Place, the Lake County agency that fights domestic violence and helps victims survive...
When we think of nature, we usually think of breathtaking views, beautiful animals and quiet contemplation with natural sounds. But, really, nature is quite a fright fest with the circle of life and Darwinism playing out 24 hours a day. So, in the spirit of Halloween, I bring you some observations...
Work on Zion-Benton Township High School’s new performing arts center is scheduled to begin Monday, six weeks behind schedule, a district official said. The project is behind schedule because the designing and planning stages took longer than expected, so the project went out to bid later than...
Construction will start on a $25 million plan to more than triple the number of inpatient beds available at Lake Behavioral Hospital in Waukegan before the end of the year, the holding company’s chief executive officer said. Lake Behavioral Hospital, a for-profit facility operated by New York-based...
With the emerald fairways of the Pinecrest Golf Club in Huntley serving as a serene backdrop through the picture windows behind her, Lauren Underwood held a conversation centered on Social Security issues with a crowd of potential suburban voters. The group assembled for the wide-ranging policy...
Use of county-issued credit cards by Lake County board members might be on its way out — or at least on its way to more transparency — after a committee meeting this week where some board members said the easiest solution would be to get rid of them altogether. But technically, the issue is going...
Attorneys for the village of Deerfield and gun rights advocacy groups are due back in court Oct. 12 to wage arguments in two lawsuits challenging the village’s authority to ban assault weapons. In June, a Lake County Circuit Court judge issued a temporary restraining order barring Deerfield from...
Lake County, federal and municipal law enforcement agencies reported Friday that they conducted a joint sweep operation this week and arrested 22 people wanted on outstanding warrants, ranging from sexual abuse and weapons charges to criminal damage to property. The countywide warrants sweep was...
Culvert-replacement projects by the Lake County Division of Transportation will close two different roadways for more than two weeks in mid-October. In a statement issued on Oct. 2, LCDOT officials said they plan to close Rollins Road from Fairfield Road to Wilson Road in the Round Lake area to...
Mariano’s is facing a potential roadblock in its plan to construct a gas station in Vernon Hills after trustees on Oct. 2 discouraged the company from applying for permits. The grocery store’s plans called for a seven-dispenser fueling terminal under a 5,418-square-foot canopy where employee parking...
Two new administrators are joining Waukegan School District 60 in the wake of an administrative reshuffle completed this summer following the termination of a deputy superintendent. Jason Nault, who has spent the last seven years as a high school principal in both Chicago Public Schools and most...
An Algonquin man was arrested by Lake County Sheriff’s detectives Thursday after allegedly attempting an in-person meeting with someone he believed to be a 14-year-old boy he had met online. Instead, Lake County Sheriff’s detectives were waiting at the prearranged meeting site and arrested Thomas...
In partnership with the LEARN Charter School Network, the Boys & Girls Club of Lake County has opened an after-school program at the LEARN 6 charter school in North Chicago. The program rolled out last month at the Sheridan Road facility with enrollment open for up to 100 of the 460 students ages...
Gen. George C. Marshall is what people used to call a dedicated public servant. As chief of staff of the U.S. Army, he did essential work to get a dangerously unprepared America at least partially ready for World War II, and then led the mammoth organizational effort required for victory. Later,...
“Thank you” is such a simple expression, but for an 8-year-old Zion boy, it has become his mission to let police officers around Lake County and the country know that he thanks them for their service and hopes someday to join their ranks. On Thursday, Angel Contreras was at Our Lady of Humility...
Listings are subject to change. Please call the venue in advance. To submit items to the calendar, go to newssunonline.com/community.Monday Storytimes for 2-year-olds at Lake Forest Library: Storytimes are for 2-year-olds, meeting every Monday and Thursday at 9:30 a.m. between Sept.17 and Oct....
A Zion man entered a not guilty plea Thursday to charges of murder in connection with a fatal shooting Aug. 29 in the city. Raymond Smith Jr., 29, pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder Thursday afternoon before Lake County Circuit Judge Christopher Stride. Smith is charged with...
Mundelein trustees Oct. 1 discussed a new proposed tax subsidy that would pay the first few months of rent for an incoming independently-owned business. If approved, Mundelein would be the third town in Illinois — behind Lombard and Urbana — to offer a similar rent subsidy, according to a village...
The excavation work around a collapsed 114-year-old culvert in Waukegan was complicated by rains continuing this week, but the project remains on track, city officials said. The repairs to the culvert, which carries the Waukegan River under Washington Street, is estimated to cost at least $1.765...
The Lake County Housing Authority may have to pay back the federal government up to about $445,000 after an audit discovered a variety of issues with its housing voucher and family self-sufficiency programs. The audit’s findings and recommendations are being reviewed by the agency’s brand-new executive...
A developer proposing to construct more than 500 new housing units on the former Solo Cup property was quick to address City of Highland Park concerns over the loss of heritage and other protected trees on the property. During a first appearance Tuesday before the Highland Park Plan and Design...
A video released Wednesday morning by Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran shows jail guards and command officers standing around, some with their hands on their hips, while waiting for a nurse to respond after inmate Edward Robinson III was found unresponsive. Curran said that disturbed him. “There...
A Deerfield man charged with murder in the stabbing death of his wife has hired a private attorney, who formally took over the case Wednesday from the Lake County Public Defender’s Office. Gary Kamen, 55, charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the death of Karyn Kamen, is now being represented...
The midterm elections are just over a month away and a trend is manifesting itself: Many candidates are campaigning without any party labels, even some incumbents. Perhaps this lack of party affiliation is in response to the current national tenor of politics, to this great divide Americans have...
It’s known as the back door to Gurnee Mills, and that escape hatch can be critical at certain times of year, though most especially on Black Friday and/or any weekend on the runway to Christmas. Stearns School Road — named for early Lake County settler John Stearns and also the one-room schoolhouse...
Standing on stage in his bare feet, Kealoha meanders via poetry, dance and movement through topics as diverse as the Earth’s origin and surfing. Considered the first poet laureate of Hawaii and honored as a national poetry slam legend in 2010, Kealoha will perform Oct. 25 at the Lumber Center in...
A photo gallery of Lake County Board members in the County Building lobby, as well as pictures of countywide officeholders, has been covered prior to the Nov. 6 midterm election at the request of Democratic candidates. The gallery of individual County Board member portraits is located in the County...
A 62-year-old man was found unresponsive in a retention pond in Deerfield Monday morning and was later pronounced dead, according to local officials. Both the Deerfield Police Department and the Deerfield Bannockburn Fire Protection District responded to a call at approximately 7:30 a.m. Monday...
A 58-year-old Lake Villa Township man allegedly approached Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputies with a shotgun early Tuesday morning after they responded to a neighbor’s complaint about his loud television, but a police negotiator convinced him to put the weapon down and surrender. Frank D. Frano...
Fast fiddling, banjo strumming, songs about lost girlfriends, with cod, potatoes and onions cooked outdoors in large kettles over a wood stove. The scene hearkens to Wisconsin, but Illinois residents can get a taste of it on Oct. 20 at the Round Lake Beach Cultural & Civic Center. The concert is...
A detective and an FBI agent are in love. A Russian fisherman, who is forced to spy, has his own romantic entanglement. A third pair of lovers tries to find their way. A body is floating in the harbor. And more than a dozen other characters enter and exit the 24 scenes in Michael Hollinger’s 1950s-era...
More than a dozen people were displaced and a cat perished in a fire Monday night in Gurnee at an eight-unit apartment building that required a large response from area fire departments. “There were heavy fire conditions,” said Battalion Chief David Douglass of the Gurnee Fire Department, which...
A revenue-sharing agreement between the City of Highland Park and Ravinia Festival is coming up for renewal, and a local nonprofit is at the center of the debate. At least two members of the Highland Park City Council want to remove conditions pertaining to YEA! Highland Park, a local nonprofit...
A developer is asking the City of Highland Park for feedback on an early proposal to transform an industrial site in west Highland Park into a new residential community of 400 apartments, 101 townhouses and 12 homes. The proposal for the property at 1700 Old Deerfield Road is to be heard by the...
A woman shopping at the Antioch Walmart in the Halloween section with her children on Saturday told police she was approached by a man who made comments about her appearance and then groped her before fleeing. Police reported Monday that the woman took a photograph of the suspect with her cell...
Known as man’s best friend, two dogs can add students to their list of best friends at Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep in Waukegan. The dogs, Junebug and Ruby, weigh in at more than 100 pounds each, not unusual for Bernese Mountain dogs, and they belong to school President Preston Kendall. He...
More than two months after an oversized truck severely damaged Long Grove’s historic one-lane bridge, officials received the clearance to reopen it to traffic. But motorists and pedestrians likely will notice a signature piece of the bridge missing when traveling past it on Robert Parker Coffin...
Thursday Afternoon at the Movies: A Sneak Peek of the 2018 Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema. Cindy Stern, Executive Director of the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema, shares trailers and clips of upcoming films coming to the festival this fall. They screen the first episode of the new addictive...
Libertyville officials are set to discuss funding options for storm water management upgrades priced between $46.2 million and $72.5 million at a meeting next month. The figures were presented during an Aug. 15 committee meeting after a contractor was hired to study the underground network more...
Lake County officials this week are expected to decide what to do with the plethora of credit cards floating among elected representatives and staff members. Here’s an idea: Cancel all 260 county-issued credit cards. That may sound harsh, yet consider if a county taxpayer’s credit-card purchases...
Emma and Shane McMillon were not about to let a little rain spoil their fun. After all, they traveled 19 miles from Trevor, Wis., with their parents to check out Fall on the Farm at Lambs Farm in Libertyville on Sunday. “It is what it is. You can’t do much about the rain now,” said Tracey McMillion,...
A free informational forum on the local impacts of the nation’s overdose crisis is scheduled for Tuesday evening at the College of Lake County. “An Epidemic Hits Home,” including guest speakers, panelists and resource and informational tables, will run from 6 to 8:45 p.m. at the CLC Lower Level...
Monday Storytimes for 2-year-olds at Lake Forest Library: Storytimes are for 2-year-olds, meeting every Monday and Thursday at 9:30 a.m. between Sept.17 and Oct. 26. Register to reserve your spot for the entire season! Children must be the appropriate age for a storytime prior to the beginning...
The lights at Urban Edge, the city-owned gallery in downtown Waukegan, are on again this fall after remaining dark all summer. Mayor Sam Cunningham said the city hasn’t changed its priorities when it comes to the gallery — located within a municipal parking garage downtown — but another look has...
Hank Salemi says no way would he spend 30 hours in a coffin even if he got bathroom breaks. But the president of Six Flags Great America in Gurnee knows for sure plenty of other folks are willing to do that. In concert with its annual Fright Fest, which runs through Oct. 31, Six Flags just put...
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The Island Lake police chief and a sergeant have been placed on leave pending an investigation by the mayor’s office, and an interim chief has been installed. On Thursday, Mayor Charles Amrich placed police Chief Anthony Sciarrone and Sgt. Billy Dickerson on paid leave Thursday and Dan Palmer was...
A Lake Villa Township woman pleaded not guilty this week in Lake County Circuit Court to charges of leaving the scene of a fatal accident in connection with a hit-and-run crash the night of June 9. Abby C. Hansen, 18, of the 37000 block of North Hillside Drive, entered the plea at an arraignment...
History encourages persistence, and the Korean Peninsula is an especially important example of that principle. The meeting last summer between President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un rightly received massive global media coverage. Meanwhile, with much less fanfare, President Moon...
With mental health issues and homelessness still a problem with some veterans, a recent executive order will allow the veterans hospitals to treat more clients who do not have a spotless military record. The information was presented at the 2018 Mental Health and Homeless Summit held at the Captain...
Old McHenry Road will close to all through traffic starting the morning of Oct. 9 for the next phase of its reconstruction and an intersection improvement project at Robert Parker Coffin Road. According to the Lake County Department of Transportation, it is anticipated that the road will reopen...
A Deerfield man charged with fatally stabbing his wife last Friday will remain in Lake County jail without bail, at least for the immediate future. On Tuesday, Lake County prosecutors filed a motion seeking a no-bail status for Gary Kamen, charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the death...
From scheduling car pool duties to organizing events, Karyn Kamen was always willing to handle the hard work. Kaitlyn Rudy, 20, said her aunt was an organizer who would take on the stress of planning things out so others didn’t have to worry. “She would take the worries of the world off of everybody’s...
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An independent assessment of credit cards for work purposes used by Lake County Board members, elected officials and departments released Wednesday showed a number of problems with the system, including internal control weaknesses, missing signatures and failure to track reimbursements. A report...
The collapse of Washington Street above a more than century-old culvert near downtown Waukegan was worsened by Tuesday's rainstorm, requiring more extensive emergency repairs to avoid rupturing a sanitary line that would flow into Lake Michigan if damaged, city officials and contractors said. Work...
A man wanted on murder charges in connection with the shooting death of a man in Mississippi earlier this month was apprehended in Zion Tuesday, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. Deshaude Jones, 40, of Ocean Springs, Miss., was arrested by multi-jurisdictional law enforcement teams...
Vernon Hills police are warning residents to be diligent following a string of residential burglaries that occurred when residents were home and asleep early Sunday morning in three village subdivisions. Two burglaries occurred in Centennial Crossing on Route 45, three occurred in the Stone Fence...
There are no red-checkered tablecloths, melted candles shoved into wine bottles or the other trappings you might find in other Italian restaurants. But Main Street Social is indeed an Italian restaurant, “offering riffs on classic Italian-Mediterranean fare, fine wines and craft libations,” according...
Soybean and corn dust swirled around monster green Deere combines along miles and miles of Interstate 80 in northwest Illinois on the first Sunday of fall. Harvest time is underway in the nation’s breadbasket. Midwest farmers are reaping either a record grain crop or a near-record year. Even with...
The last of human remains belonging to a Native American in possession of the Lake County Forest Preserve’s Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County will be heading home soon. The skull and a stone arrow or spear head bring the total number to 46 individuals and funerary objects from the Lake County...
Two weeks after a fire displaced the Escobedo family from their Waukegan home, the two sisters who alerted their father were honored for their quick actions at an assembly at Glen Flora Elementary School on Tuesday. During the emotional recounting of the Sept. 11 morning fire that killed the family...
A Deerfield woman was handcuffed, sexually assaulted and stabbed 15 times in a fatal attack in her home, according to court documents released Tuesday in connection with an effort to deny bail for her husband, who has been charged with murder. Lake County prosecutors are seeking to have Gary Kamen,...
The man discovered in a field near Wauconda after a bloody vehicle was reported to police has been identified as 41-year-old Paul Carr of Buffalo Grove, who was previously reported missing, the Lake County coroner’s office said Tuesday. Preliminary autopsy results indicate he died from injuries...
Justin Shaffer recently mused about why he got a receipt at a drive-thru restaurant. “I’m not going to return this cheeseburger,” he thought, “so why do I need a receipt?” That thought is among many that Shaffer and other members of Three Brothers Theatre ensemble take to a new level when preparing...
Battery charges against a Waukegan man accused of attacking a family at Six Flags Great America last fall have been temporarily dropped by the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office, but officials said Tuesday they will be refiled. Gregory Battle, 18, was charged with with felony charges of aggravated...
The cryptic messages arrived in a rush at the suburban office of Dr. Jay Joshi — a blitz of phone calls, texts and emails that carried an air of inscrutable menace. You’re on their radar … They’re after you … They got you. Joshi, a pain management specialist who practices in Chicago’s northwest...
Zion District 6 school board member Michael Stewart was removed from office by a Lake County judge Thursday for failing to meet disclosure requirements, records show. This type of action is “very rare,” said Lake County Clerk Carla Wyckoff, whose office is in charge of collecting the forms, called...
A Highland Park tax preparer will be arraigned Oct. 10 in Lake County Circuit Court on felony charges alleging that he stole thousands of dollars from elderly clients in the course of preparing their tax returns. Thomas G. Errico, 77, of the 1200 block of Wincanton Drive, Deerfield, turned himself...
Trish Jansta loves the character of Shirley Valentine, and she hopes the audience will, too, when she performs the one-woman full-length play by the same name at PM&L Theatre Oct. 6 and 7. A possible third show will be held Oct. 5. The show, which won a 1989 Tony award for best play, is produced...
A knife inflicted the wounds that lead to the death of a 53-year-old Deerfield woman after a Sept. 21 attack in her home, according to Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper. Karyn Kamen died of her wounds Sept. 22 at Highland Park Hospital, according to Sgt. Christopher Covelli, a spokesman for...
A Gurnee man who was sentenced to six years in prison in July under a plea deal that had resolved a Round Lake Park child sexual assault case is seeking to withdraw his guilty plea, according to authorities. Rodrick R. Linnear, 36, pleaded guilty in mid-July to attempted predatory criminal sexual...
Wauconda police report they are investigating the death of a man in his 40s after someone reported a suspicious vehicle Monday morning on Route 12 that was full of blood. The vehicle was found in the 2000 block of Route 12, known as North Rand Road in that area, at approximately 8:51 a.m., and...
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Waukegan Historical Society is presenting its annual tour of homes Oct. 7 in grand style. Open to the public will be several Victorian era homes which hearken to Waukegan’s past, specifically the 1870s when the Italianate style, featuring multi-bracketed roofs,...
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Some of Dante Rivera’s classmates at Round Lake Senior High School have told him they can’t afford to buy books, and they don’t have a way to get to the library. So to give others the opportunity he had, Dante, a 17-year-old senior, organized a Little Free Library project in the Round Lake area,...
Hawthorn School District 73 is planning to host five public forums to share information about two referendum questions that will appear on the November ballot. One measure asks for $48.7 million for construction projects, while the other seeks an additional $1.3 million in permanent annual taxing...
For some time, I have had the feeling the center of our film and television universe, Hollywood, has needed a reboot. Looking at the offerings of the new TV new season solidifies that sense. Like replacing the baking soda in your refrigerator every month or so, it’s time for a new creative box...
Krista Paul was 30 years old, an energetic administrator in Township High School District 214, when she began experiencing joint pain, fatigue, memory loss and fainting in 2010. Doctors diagnosed her with multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis and even mental illness, Paul said....
Bond was set at $10 million for a Deerfield man charged with murder after his wife was stabbed in their north suburban home, according to police. Gary A. Kamen, 55, appeared in Lake County Criminal Court Sunday for a bond hearing, according to Sgt. Christopher Covelli, a spokesman for the Lake...
Monday Tween Craft Club at Lake Forest Library: Make a Duct Tape locker organizer. 4 p.m. Monday, Lake Forest Library, 360 E. Deerpath Road, Lake Forest, free. Storytimes for 2-year-olds at Lake Forest Library: Storytimes are for 2-year-olds, meeting every Monday and Thursday at 9:30 a.m. between...
The Waukegan Public Library now has a space dedicated to teenagers where they can play video games, gather for study groups and find teen-oriented books, a library spokeswoman said. The repurposed space by the southeast wall contains modular seating that can be rearranged to meet changing needs;...
A sinkhole has led the city of Waukegan to close a half block of Washington Street to all traffic, a city spokesman said. A minor patch in the area, located on Washington between Glen Rock and the Lilac Ledge senior living facility, was completed earlier this week, but further investigation Friday...