James T. Norman

Highland Park closes its senior center, cancels some public meetings as precautions to coronavirus

March 11, 2020 at 4:15 p.m.

Highland Park officials announced Wednesday they closed the city's Senior Center and canceled non-essential public meetings until further notice because of coronavirus concerns. The announcement was sent out after the...

Customers gather inside Ravinia Brewing Company in Highland Park in this 2019 file photo.

Ravinia Brewing receives OK to host outdoor music in Highland Park despite concerns from neighbors

March 11, 2020 at 11:51 a.m.

The Highland Park City Council recently gave Ravinia Brewing Company the go-ahead to start hosting outdoor music under specific conditions, capping a debate between the business and neighbors who raised...

Lake Forest High School faculty member under self-quarantine because of coronavirus fears

March 10, 2020 at 3:19 p.m.

A Lake Forest High School faculty member is under a self-quarantine because of coronavirus concerns after attending a meeting that was held in the same room at a Chicago school...

Cars head east on Route 60 in Vernon Hills. Police say the area is one of the locations in the village that will be monitored by automatic license plate scanners.

Vernon Hills police is latest to embrace automatic license plate scanners. Like other suburbs, they had to weigh technological pros and cons.

March 9, 2020 at 4:13 p.m.

Vernon Hills is set to become the latest suburb in the Chicago area to start using newer technology that is designed to help police and aid investigations by automatically scanning...

Elementary South in Vernon Hills promotes from within to select new principal

March 6, 2020 at 3:07 p.m.

Students at Elementary South in Vernon Hills soon will have a new principal, who they already may recognize. Christy Hunter, who currently is the assistant principal at the school, is...

Officials at Libertyville Village Hall (pictured) say a referendum to create a 1% non-home-rule sales tax would help them carry out future infrastructure projects.

What Libertyville voters need to know when deciding a sales tax referendum March 17

March 6, 2020 at 11:10 a.m.

When Libertyville voters head to the polls March 17, they'll have the chance to decide whether the village should enact a new sales tax on certain goods that, officials say,...

2 individuals at Lake Zurich school district with ties to Northwest Community Hospital employees under quarantine because of coronavirus concerns

March 4, 2020 at 5:10 p.m.

Two people at Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 voluntarily have quarantined themselves since they each live with a Northwest Community Hospital employee who came into contact with the...

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