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Melissa Behrendt, right, teaches in her classroom at LEARN 6 Charter School in Great Lakes on February 27, 2024. (Original Credit: Melissa Behrendt)

Three Lake County teachers finalists for Golden Apple Awards: ‘I wanted to be a teacher since I was a little girl and it’s still a passion of mine’

March 1, 2024 at 12:09 p.m.

Educators from Hillcrest Elementary School in Antioch, Sherwood Elementary School in Highland Park and LEARN 6 Charter School in Great Lakes were selected as finalists for the Golden Apple Awards...

Plaques honoring those who lost their lives at last year's Fourth of July parade shooting stand in The Rose Garden on Saturday, June 24, 2023, in Highland Park. (Shanna Madison/baiduhai)

Highland Park native, wife donate $1M for permanent parade shooting memorial; ‘It’s always been the place I consider home’

March 1, 2024 at 10:16 a.m.

The city hopes the memorial serves as a place of reflection and remembrance for all who were affected by the shooting, while also displaying the community’s resilience, according to City...

Inmates work on an art project in one of the pods at the Waukegan-based Lake County jail in June 2019. (Mark Kodiak Ukena/News-Sun)

Lake County to pay $1.68M to McHenry County for first 3 months of housing inmates; ‘Money for the correctional officers would go a long way’

February 28, 2024 at 11:57 a.m.

The transfer contract is for the “safety and security” of both correctional officers and inmates, according to James Chamernik, the business manager for the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

People walk a dirt road along the former proposed tollway corridor in Long Grove on June 5, 2021. Since the Route 53 road extension has been scrapped, conservationists and elected officials are pushing to make the corridor into a greenway — a trail through a long, narrow nature preserve. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Governor’s budget includes $1M for Lake County ‘greenway’; ‘This is a landmark moment … in every sense of the expression’

February 27, 2024 at 9:01 a.m.

Last week in Springfield, Pritzker unveiled a $52.7 billion budget proposal, with a small fraction of the budget reserved for the IDNR to prepare a land use master plan for...

Karen Ettelson pages through the coffee table history book she authored about the Ravinia Women’s Board. After 30 years of volunteer service, she is suing the Ravinia Festival Association for wrongful conduct when she was removed from the board for an alleged conduct violation. (Chloe Hilles/Lake County News-Sun)

Former Ravinia Women’s Board member sues for ‘wrongful’ dismissal

February 26, 2024 at 5:19 p.m.

Established in 1962, the Ravinia Women’s Board is a cohort of volunteers who participate in, promote and fundraise for the Ravinia Festival, whose rolling hills come alive each summer for...

Lake County Division of Transportation announced a $127 million construction program for the 2024 season. In February, some construction resumed early due to warmer winter weather, such as the gas main removal and replacement, shown above, on Aptakisic Road in the villages of Long Grove and Buffalo Grove.
(Lake County DOT)

Lake County getting a head start on road construction season: ‘We’ll take advantage of good weather when we get it’

February 23, 2024 at 3:29 p.m.

Typically, county road projects kick off in April, according to county spokesperson Alex Carr, but the county is “trending on the earlier side” this year thanks to the warmer winter.

Outside the world headquarters of Walgreens Boots Alliance in Deerfield. One-third of the campus is under-contract to be sold for residential development.

A third of Walgreens headquarters property in Deerfield to be sold for residential development

February 22, 2024 at 2:28 p.m.

Pulte Group, Inc., a residential home construction company based in Atlanta, proposed demolishing the existing structures in the northern third of the corporate campus to develop the site with 42...

Chala Holland was appointed as superintendent for Township High School District 113 on Feb. 20. The district serves the Deerfield and Highland Park communities.
- Original Credit: Township HS District 113

Township High School D113 appoints first Black female superintendent; ‘Together, we will … confront our challenges head-on’

February 22, 2024 at 7:21 a.m.

The superintendent search and Holland’s appointment follows current superintendent Bruce Law’s retirement at the end of this school year.

Severe winter weather left Grayslake Middle School with numerous damages, expected to take an additional 12 weeks to complete. The above image shows a district mechanic working on repairs.
- Original Credit: CCSD 46

Grayslake Middle School students making do as damage forces them from building; ‘Our students, staff, families and community have truly come together’

February 16, 2024 at 11:10 a.m.

Repairs must be completed before students and staff can safely return to the campus, including fixing unit ventilators, replacing all fire sprinklers, replacing the floor in the large gym and...

Janea Harris speaks during the public comment section of a North Shore School District 112 Board of Education meeting at Northwood Middle School in Highland Park on Feb. 13, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Highland Park parents voice frustrations with D112 racial bullying: ‘Jim Crow behavior is a reality in our district’

February 14, 2024 at 1:54 p.m.

Highland Park parents in North Shore School District 112 expressed concern over the prevalence of racial bullying in the local middle schools, and demanded more action from the district during...

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