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Vernon Hills mulling over various programs to help businesses in village

January 8, 2021 at 12:27 p.m.

Vernon Hills is considering several ways to provide assistance and relief to businesses in town. In their meeting Tuesday, village trustees kicked around various ideas and ways on how they...

Vernon Hills to consider moratorium on businesses interested in applying to sell flavored, vape tobacco products

January 7, 2021 at 12:36 p.m.

Vernon Hills' Village Board voted Monday to draft a moratorium that, depending on the formal language approved, could limit the types of flavored tobacco and vape products businesses can apply...

District 128 formally approves new superintendent set to take over July 1

January 6, 2021 at 6:54 a.m.

Community High School District 128 approved the contract of a new superintendent Monday evening, who will replace the retiring Prentiss Lea on July 1, officials at the meeting said. Denise...

Baby born prematurely is one of first babies born in new year

January 4, 2021 at 4:34 p.m.

Hospitals in central Lake County had their first babies of the new year. One of Lake County's newest residents, however, was born in Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge....

From left, in the audience are Alicia De La Cruz of Highland Park, founder and coordinator of Working Together of Highland Park, Ana De La Cruz of Highland Park, and Alexi De La Cruz, 11, a sixth-grader of Highland Park. Images from the opening reception of Día de los Muertos: A Celebration of Life on Oct. 16, 2020 at TAC, the Art Center Highland Park (1957 Sheridan Road) in Highland Park.

Highland Park year in review: 2020 marked by deaths of 2 former mayors, recreational cannabis and election bid challenge

January 6, 2021 at 8:09 a.m.

Virtual meetings, budgetary issues and an uphill battle with containing the novel coronavirus pandemic made up much of the 2020 news in Highland Park'. Like many other municipalities, Highland Park...

Libertyville High School junior, Abbie Harrison performs in a scene during Friday evening's "Drive-Through" performance of "A Love Letter" in the parking lot at the school, September 25, 2020. (Brian O'Mahoney/Pioneer Press)

How COVID-19, rallies, various village changes affected Libertyville, Mundelein, Vernon Hills in 2020

January 4, 2021 at 10:30 a.m.

Like much of the world, the coronavirus defined much of 2020 for central Lake County. On top of residents in the area contracting the virus, the Villages of Libertyville, Mundelein...

image of justice hammer in law firm office.

Lake County attorneys, judges conduct virtual mock jury selections

December 31, 2020 at 3:13 p.m.

Due to gathering restrictions that have been in place for several months, courts have been trying to find ways to conduct business without breaking social distancing protocol. Enter virtual jury...

First responders in central Lake County voluntarily receive COVID-19 vaccine

January 4, 2021 at 5:14 p.m.

With COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out, some first responders in the Lake County area got the chance to receive a dose. In the past few weeks, vaccines for the virus...

Moraine Township board taps longtime volunteer to serve as trustee

December 28, 2020 at 5:14 p.m.

Moraine Township officials announced the appointment of a longtime volunteer to its board of trustees, replacing outgoing Trustee Dwayne Douglas. Douglas had been a board member for 12 years before...

Father John Trout climbs to his pulpit to perform the Christmas Eve drive-in mass at St. Joseph Church in Libertyville, Thursday, December 24, 2020. | Kevin Tanaka/Pioneer Press

Drive-in Christmas Eve Mass in Libertyville sees more than 300 cars

December 24, 2020 at 4:48 p.m.

Christmas Eve Mass in 2020 looked a lot different from years past. St. Joseph Catholic Church in Libertyville held a drive-in Mass Thursday that saw more than 300 families come...

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