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Slain Fox Lake police officer remembered as dedicated cop, inspiring mentor

May 23, 2019 at 11:03 p.m.

Those who knew Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz said he had a military bearing and a devotion to police work so intense that he had his badges tattooed on his body....

Kindergarten teacher Karen Forkner, left, gives a high-five to a student during class at Butterfield School in Libertyville in this 2013 file photo. Students from Forkner's class were from the first class of kids going through an all-day kindergarten in District 70.

Full-day kindergarten underway for some Waukegan students

May 23, 2019 at 11:03 p.m.

Cecilia Mata said she's thrilled her daughter, Sofia, is one of the first full-day kindergarten students at Waukegan Community Unit School District 60. "I think the extra time will be...

Berenice Perdomo, left, and Edwin Colunga, both go for a volleyball at the Waukegan Park District field house on Oct. 6, 2014, while District 60 teachers were on strike. District 60 has again applied for a pass out of daily PE for elementary students.

Waukegan, Round Lake among school districts still without daily gym

May 23, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

If Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 has its way, its elementary school students will be able to skirt the state's daily physical education requirements for another two years. Board...

Fox Lake police chief announces retirement amid internal investigation

May 23, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

Fox Lake Police Chief Michael Behan announced he is retiring less than a week after he was put on paid administrative leave during a village investigation into an altercation between...

In this Wednesday, July 29, 2015 photo a marijuana plant grows in a growing room at the Thomas C. Slater Compassion Center, in Providence, R.I. Rhode Island officials say revenues from taxing and regulating medical marijuana have been lower than projected in the two years that dispensaries have been legal.

Possibility of student medical marijuana patients ‘new territory’ for county schools

May 23, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

As Illinois moves closer to opening its first medical marijuana dispensaries, Lake County school districts are preparing for the possibility some of their students will be among the first patients...

An employee stocks shelves in the produce section at Carniceria la Mexicana in Waukegan. Cilantro is $1.69 a bundle at the store, more expensive than usual after the FDA partially banned imports of some cilantro from Mexico.

Cilantro shortage hits Lake County restaurants, grocery stores

May 23, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

In the produce aisle at a Round Lake Beach grocery store , Valerie Brown hesitated before plucking a bunch of cilantro from between the parsley and green onions. She's used...

Mark Cygan rehearses the role of Gramps for Sandburg High School's production of "As You Wish." Students gave three performances of the play Aug. 14-15 to raise money for a trip next summer to Scotland for a theater festival.

Sandburg students to make 2nd trip to Scottish festival

May 21, 2019 at 5:50 p.m.

When Sandburg High School students took the stage for performances of "As You Wish" this month, some cast members had their sights set on a stage overseas. In addition to...

Fox Lake police chief, cop on leave amid internal investigation

May 23, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

Fox Lake Police Chief Michael Behan and a police officer have been put on paid administrative leave while the village investigates how the department handled an altercation between the officer...

Metra is improving its rail crossing on 159th Street to accommodate a four-lane road. It's an early part of a major project that starts next year and will widen 159th Street between Orland Park and Lockport.

Stretch of 159th Street closes as widening project gets underway

August 18, 2019 at 8:20 p.m.

The closing of a half-mile segment of 159th Street for 10 days is a major inconvenience for drivers on the heavily traveled road, but their patience is likely just beginning...

Naval Station Great Lakes gate located on Martin Luther King Drive and Sheridan Road.

Women’s journeys to Navy SEALs likely would start at Great Lakes

May 23, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

A top Navy officer said he's open to letting women join the ranks of its elite SEAL teams — and if the secretary of defense agrees with the admiral's recommendation,...

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