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Lake County libraries adapt in face of pandemic: ‘The way we serve our public will be different going forward’

April 24, 2020 at 9:40 a.m.

This month, National Library Week was celebrated with the theme, "Find your place at the library." Now that the the COVID-19 pandemic has closed the doors of libraries across the...

The Round Lake Park-based Mano a Mano Family Resource Center has closed the doors to its headquarters but continues to serve its clients through its programming.

Agencies scramble to help Lake County undocumented immigrants impacted by coronavirus crisis

March 11, 2024 at 2:05 p.m.

As millions of Americans begin to receive stimulus payments this month as part of the federal government's $2 trillion COVID-19 emergency package, a group that won't benefit are the roughly...

The Rev. Chris Ciaston of the Gurnee-based St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church can be seen in a YouTube video giving a prerecorded Mass in March following a state-wide stay-home mandate.

‘Even in the midst of this, God is still with us’: Lake County pastors prepare for unique Easter services, messages

April 10, 2020 at 3:07 p.m.

If there's a place in the technology-driven society of today, where gadgets are to be put away and ignored for a few hours, it's typically church. But for this year's...

North Chicago Community Unit School District 187 held Chromebook pick-up days for families outside the middle school to keep with social distancing safety guidelines.

‘This is uncharted territory for all of us’: Lake County schools hand out Chromebooks to accommodate distance learning

April 10, 2020 at 2:31 p.m.

The way students receive an education continues to be an ever-changing effort on the part of Lake County schools forced to adapt to state-ordered safety rules related to the COVID-19...

Clients of the St. Anastasia Catholic Parish food pantry in Waukegan safely interact with volunteers as they pick up their items on April 2.

Lake County food pantries stepping up efforts to meet needs caused by coronavirus

April 3, 2020 at 2:33 p.m.

Lake County food pantries continue to work toward bridging the gap between paychecks and when money has run out, providing food security to families even while much of everything else...

Officials fear spike in Lake County domestic and child abuse due to shelter-in-place stress

April 1, 2020 at 12:54 p.m.

As health officials continue their plea that the public stay home to control the spread of COVID-19, there is growing concern cases of domestic violence are rising. Close quarters without...

Wauconda firefighters stop by the home of a child to wish her a belated birthday on Thursday.

‘It makes you teary-eyed and I get choked up’: Wauconda first responders deliver birthday greetings to local children

March 30, 2020 at 1:44 p.m.

At Charley Tiller's L.O.L. Surprise! dolls birthday party last year, there were games, a piñata, and plenty of friends to play with and family to hug and kiss her. This...

Chicago's Lake Shore Drive is barren of its usual vehicle traffic, Monday, March 23, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic could test a generation in ways they have never faced. One expert likens the impact to that of the Great Depression. As they're being asked to study at home and distance socially to help their more vulnerable elders, how will they cope? (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Lake County experts offer ways to cope with anxiety in coronavirus lockdown

March 26, 2020 at 9:12 a.m.

The state of the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic and Illinois' shelter-in-place mandate is having a heightened negative effect on those who were already experiencing depression and anxiety, according...

Those needing help completing the 2020 Census questionnaire can visit the Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St., during normal business hours.

Census coming to a Latino community with ‘a lot of fear given the political climate’

March 15, 2020 at 4:01 a.m.

The effort to create a snapshot of the nation by counting every person living in the country through the 2020 census survey started long before this month. There was the...

Dartmouth College graduate Oscar Ruben Cornejo Casares speaks next to Highwood Public Library Executive Director Carmen Patlan after the Feb. 29 screening of a film he co-produced about immigrant activism.

Park City native discusses effort to remove ‘illegal alien’ from library headings: ‘The way that it affects people is racialized’

March 3, 2020 at 11:29 a.m.

A spirited student-led effort by immigrant activists from Dartmouth College to get a subject heading removed from the Library of Congress is the inspiration behind a documentary that was screened...

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