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Gurnee officials updated about coronavirus impact on village finances

November 24, 2020 at 3:38 p.m.

After a month of steadily increasing COVID-19 cases throughout the state and country, Gurnee Finance Director Brian Gosnell gave a downcast update about the financial impact the virus has taken...

Warren Township High School District 121 Superintendent John Ahlgrim during a virtual meeting earlier this year.

Warren Township High School District officials skeptical in-person classes will resume Jan. 5; ‘We want to follow the data as it is’

November 18, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.

With COVID-19 cases on the rise throughout Illinois, and Gov. J.B. Pritzker announcing the state will be moving back to its Tier 3 mitigation plan, Warren Township High School District...

Gurnee Mayor Kristina Kovarik listens to public comments during a 2019 meeting.

After 16 years, Gurnee mayor says she will not run for re-election: ‘I have left nothing on the table’

November 12, 2020 at 8:12 a.m.

Gurnee Mayor Kristina Kovarik said she will not run for re-election next year after 16 years in office. In making that surprise announcement just before the end of Monday's Village...

Discounts are available until JJ Blinkers in Antioch closes.

Future of longtime Antioch store JJ Blinkers in doubt as owner prepares to retire: ‘I’ve seen a lot of people grow up’

October 1, 2020 at 12:08 p.m.

For decades, when Antioch residents needed props for a magic routine, fake blood or even a last-minute costume, they always had somewhere to turn — JJ Blinkers, a joke, magic...

Antioch residents to decide on proposed bond issue for library upgrades

September 24, 2020 at 9:06 a.m.

In addition to choosing their local, state and federal representatives on Nov. 3, Antioch residents will also decide on the future of their library. Voters will choose whether to issue...

Lake County politicians believe virtual conventions will change how future party gatherings are done

August 28, 2020 at 1:44 p.m.

For Lake County politicians, this year's primarily virtual Democratic and Republican national conventions were surprisingly effective and impactful — at least when it came to the presentations of their own...

The Lake County clerk expects the number of ballots cast by mail to triple for the November election.

Drop boxes, other changes in the works for Lake County as absentee voting expected to triple amid pandemic

August 19, 2020 at 7:41 a.m.

Lake County Clerk Robin O'Connor is expecting a busy fall as voters head to the mailboxes, as well as the polls. After Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a measure into legislation...

The Antioch Theatre displays its new rules since reopening in July.

With film industry facing uncertainty, Antioch Theatre reopens offering free classic movie screenings

August 6, 2020 at 3:23 p.m.

After three months of being shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 101-year-old Antioch Theatre — a small, independent movie theater in the heart of village's downtown — turned its...

District 117 plans to rotate students between in-person classes and remote learning

July 24, 2020 at 9:23 a.m.

The classrooms of Antioch Community High School and Lakes Community High School, the two schools in Community High School District 117, are going to look a bit different when school...

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