Linda Lipp

The challenge facing the young engineers at the College of Lake County was not to build a better mousetrap but to build a better car using only a mousetrap spring...

It must have seemed like old times for the 200 guests at the senior prom at Highland Park High School. The seniors, in this case, were senior citizens, and the...

The cars were primed and polished, the crowd rumbled in anticipation, and the racers fidgeted anxiously as they waited for the start of the annual speed contest. A scene from...

All of the cheers were for the cheerleaders at a party honoring the state champion Zion-Benton High School varsity and junior varsity cheerleading squads. The victory bash, which also helped...

It was the best-kept secret since Oscar night when longtime parade committee chairman Ed Huesing was named the Waukegan Park District Volunteer of the Year at recent ceremonies. Huesing learned...

Peter Cottontail and a few hundred close friends got a jump into spring last weekend at the Lambs Farm Easter Festival. The cold, blustery wind may have been more appropriate...

About 2,100 Lake County schoolchildren had an out-of-class experience recently, courtesy of the Lake County Farm Bureau. The 3rd and 4th graders visited the county fairgrounds, near Grayslake, to view...

They don`t have a barn, but that doesn`t stop the folks at the David Adler Cultural Center in Libertyville from having an old-fashioned barn dance every month. The American Legion...

Just as an artist signs a painting or a writer autographs a book, two Midwestern artisans made a trip to Libertyville last weekend to sign their ... bunnies? The guests...

Barrington arts patrons staged a Valentine`s celebration with a concert and benefit all for love of the Barrington Area Arts Council. Though the planners had hoped for a little more...