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'Biggest Quitter' at Vernon Hills High for Smokeout

As students filed out of the Vernon Hills High School's studio theater Thursday morning, one stepped out of line and approached guest speaker Randy Zisook.

Full Story published 11/19/2009 2:21 PM

School bus driver charged with showing lewd video to children

A 33-year-old bus driver who transported students from Olive Martin School in Lake Villa is accused of showing lewd video clips to children using her cell phone.

Full Story published 11/19/2009 5:45 PM

Vernon Hills teen gets probation for DUI

A Vernon Hills teen was placed on probation for two years Friday after pleading guilty to stealing from gym lockers at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire.

Full Story published 11/20/2009 2:49 PM

Coulson gets invite to RNC meeting

Illinois Republican officials are bringing state Rep. Beth Coulson along to a strategy meeting with national party leader Michael Steele today, giving the impression the Glenview lawmaker is favored in her seven-way GOP primary for congress.

Full Story published 11/20/2009 11:58 AM

Green Party challenges 10th Dist. candidate's petitions

The Green Party candidate for the 10th Congressional District is an admitted anti-Semite who once made a Nazi salute in Lake County court.

Full Story updated 11/20/2009 11:31 AM

Fox Waterway Agency hiking sticker fees

Your cost of owning and operating a boat on the Chain O' Lakes has just gone up. Fox Waterway Agency directors have approved an increase in sticker fees for watercrafts on the Chain and Fox River starting in the 2010 season.

Full Story published 11/20/2009 10:37 AM

Vernon Hills approves incentive for shopping center

The owner of a Vernon Hills shopping center will get a rare incentive, as village officials scramble to keep its retail base afloat.

Full Story published 11/20/2009 12:03 AM

Lake County briefs

There were 109 entries in this year's Lake Villa District Library's BookArt Annual Contest for Kids. The library invited children ages 5 through 12 to make an original collage celebrating books and reading.

Full Story published 11/20/2009 12:03 AM

Report: 70 percent of Metra bridges need upgrades

Seventy percent of Metra bridges and 42 percent of CTA bridges are past their "useful life," according to a preliminary report presented to the RTA board Thursday.

Full Story published 11/20/2009 12:03 AM

Users flood, crash new state hospital ranking site

Patients can compare rankings of Illinois hospitals for a wide range of performance and cost measurements on a new Web site that debuted Thursday.

Full Story updated 11/19/2009 7:20 PM

Early retirement incentive in Vernon Hills

Having figuratively turned over every rock to cut costs this year, Vernon Hills officials are offering early retirement incentives to pare even more in 2010-11.

Full Story updated 11/19/2009 4:28 PM

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