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The Columbia Carousel at Six Flags Great America pictured during the 2019 Holiday in the Park festival.

Six Flags Great America reopening for holiday lights event with new safety procedures

October 15, 2020 at 1:17 p.m.

Millions of holiday lights will be part of the backdrop at Six Flags Great America during its third Holiday in the Park season. Running Nov. 27 through Dec. 27, and...

Lake County Board District 13 candidates have different opinions about effectiveness of current government operations

October 7, 2020 at 9:31 a.m.

Lake County Board Chairwoman Sandy Hart faced Republican candidate Lauren Fleming in a virtual debate on Thursday, during which the two women had very different opinions about how well the...

Lake County employees to get holiday pay after board reverses itself

October 6, 2020 at 11:14 a.m.

Lake County employees who saw their holiday pay previously canceled, in an effort to alleviate a nearly $10 million shortfall projected in the budget, will end up getting that money...

Lake County Board District 12 candidates face off in respectful virtual debate

October 5, 2020 at 12:25 p.m.

Vying to keep his seat representing District 12 on the Lake County Board, incumbent Republican Mike Rummel answered questions during a virtual debate along with Democratic candidate Paras Parekh Thursday....

Lake County officials use virtual town hall to address COVID-related questions

October 5, 2020 at 11:44 a.m.

Questions about the county's COVID-19 response and the upcoming November elections were answered during a virtual town hall Wednesday hosted by the Lake County Board. The hour-long event via Zoom,...

Lake County officials holding virtual town hall Wednesday on pandemic issues

September 29, 2020 at 12:40 p.m.

Residents will be able to get their questions answered on topics relating to the pandemic — from health to finance, to what parents can expect from schools in the coming...

Hispanic Heritage Month to be celebrated in Lake County despite pandemic

September 14, 2020 at 5:18 p.m.

The pandemic won't allow large social gatherings like previous annual celebrations for Hispanic Heritage Month, with parades filled with people standing shoulder-to-shoulder for hours in the streets, ethnic food, games...

Lake County Board seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

September 11, 2020 at 10:48 a.m.

More than two dozen residents, including members of environmental groups such as the Sierra Club and STOP EtO in Lake County, voiced strong support for a resolution passed by the...

A Chicago Workers Collaborative community navigator assists Waukegan resident Eli Brown in filling out the 2020 Census. (Yadira Sanchez Olson/Lake County News-Sun)

Census replies rewarded with free tacos at Waukegan event

August 17, 2020 at 6:05 p.m.

Free tacos were the allure that drove Roman Furman to finally fill out a census form and make himself be counted at a Taqui Census event in Waukegan. Despite a...

The Carnegie Library, located at the intersection of Sheridan and Washington in downtown Waukegan, has been empty and decaying for years.

‘This will help tell the city’s full history’: Waukegan’s Carnegie Library to be brought back to life, turned into museum

August 17, 2020 at 9:56 a.m.

Fans of science fiction author and Waukegan native son Ray Bradbury may wonder what he would say about the plan for the Carnegie Library building to open once again to...

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