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Republican Rod Drobinski, left, is challenging Democratic State Rep. Sam Yingling in the 62nd Illinois House district.

Election 2016: Campaign cash flows into central Lake County legislative race

May 23, 2019 at 11:39 p.m.

With Election Day less than two weeks away, cash has been pouring into campaigns on both sides of the aisle for the Illinois General Assembly, and the seats up for...

U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin (left) observes the disposal of unused drugs by Steve Nelson, a certified hazardous materials manager with SWALCO on Thursday, Oct. 27.

Durbin visits ‘extraordinary’ Lake County drug collection program

May 23, 2019 at 11:39 p.m.

As communities across America continue to be plagued by an opioid-addiction crisis, Lake County boasts "the largest and most successful" pharmaceutical collection program in Illinois, officials told U.S. Sen. Dick...

D. J. Fain and Stacie Dacanay are lobbying the North Chicago City Council to amend its animal control ordinances to allow miniature pigs to be kept as pets.

North Chicago couple lobbying city to allow pet miniature pigs

May 23, 2019 at 11:38 p.m.

D.J. Fain wouldn't describe himself as an animal person. "It's not that I don't like animals," he said. "I just don't really pay attention to them." That all changed when...

Lake County Circuit Court Clerk Keith Brin talks about why he should be retained as Court Clerk during a debate on Oct. 9, 2016, at the Park Place Senior Center in Waukegan.

Lake Circuit Court clerk’s office’s union dispute goes before state labor board

May 23, 2019 at 11:38 p.m.

A dispute between the Lake County Circuit Court clerk's office and its union employees went before the Illinois Labor Relations Board this week. The Illinois chapter of the American Federation...

Valerie Starr, of Libertyville, was one of many voters in Libertyville Precinct 183 in this undated photo.

Wauconda property-tax increase referendum question among special ballot features

May 23, 2019 at 11:38 p.m.

Cash-strapped Lake County villages will ask residents next month to approve new property taxes and bond measures to fund road repairs and police pensions. At the same time, political conservatives...

Work began in late 2015 on a $7.3 million overhaul of the Grand Avenue bridge across the Union Pacific Railroad in Waukegan.

Complaints aired by aldermen over Waukegan infrastructure bills

May 23, 2019 at 11:38 p.m.

Waukegan aldermen on Monday evening pledged to begin watching budget matters more closely in the wake of two public works oversights that left millions unaccounted for in the city coffers....

Work files included in the Curt Teich Postcard collection show the process by which photographs became postcards. The three images on the right are of the historic Southern Theatre in Columbus, Ohio.

‘A very rich resource’: Postcard collection heads from Lake County to Chicago

May 23, 2019 at 11:38 p.m.

It's commonplace these days to send a photo by text message, post a picture on social media or react to the news solely with emojis. But before postcards became popular...

Metra board member Norman Carlson, who was named board chairman this week.

Lake County resident named chairman of Metra board

May 23, 2019 at 11:37 p.m.

The Metra Board of Directors on Friday unanimously elected Lake County resident Norman Carlson as chairman, the commuter transit agency announced. The move swings the board's leadership from Chicago to...

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