Island Lake
-
After AJ's death, new nonprofit aims to prevent another tragedyJun 22, 2019 1:00 am - Days after 5-year-old AJ Freund was found dead, Volo resident Chad Carpenter took his 15-month-old son Caiden to visit the growing memorial outside the family home in Cr...
-
Fox Lake woman dies in auto crashJun 22, 2019 1:00 am - An 89-year-old Fox Lake woman died in a car accident Friday afternoon in Fremont Township near Round Lake, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Department. Officers we...
-
Recipe for success? Lake County jail program gives inmates culinary skillsJun 21, 2019 5:30 am - George Allen has a passion for food. From cooking for his family at home to his two decades' experience working at everything from fine dining restaurants in Chicago to ...
-
Are Civil War re-enactments culturally insensitive? Organizers say that's not the trouble they're havingJun 21, 2019 5:30 am - Questions about the message led to the brief cancellation last week of the popular Civil War Days at Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda, but cost and manpower - not ...
-
Donate a bicycle, help homeless womenJun 21, 2019 1:00 am - Lake County Haven, a nonprofit group that aims to help homeless women and their children, is collecting used adult-size bicycles. The bikes will be given to customers wh...
-
YWCA Lake County searching for new CEO:Jun 21, 2019 1:00 am - The YWCA Lake County Board of Directors has announced the resignation of CEO Treopia Cannon, who is moving to Houston, Texas due to a corporate reassignment for her spou...
-
Island Lake welcomes summer with carnival, fireworksJun 20, 2019 6:00 am - Celebrate the official start of summer with the Island Lake Carnival and Fireworks this weekend. Carnival hours will be from 5-10 p.m. Friday, June 21; 1-10 p.m. Saturda...
-
Boil order lifted in Vernon Hills areaJun 20, 2019 1:00 am - A boil order that affected more than 1,300 homes and businesses in the Vernon Hills and Mettawa areas has been lifted, allowing normal use of water by those impacted. La...
-
Volunteers perform a middle school makeover in InglesideJun 20, 2019 1:00 am - A well-coordinated team of more than 500 volunteers traded office wear for work clothes Thursday for a makeover inside and out at Gavin South Middle School in Ingleside....
-
Man pleads not guilty to murder of Round Lake Beach womanJun 20, 2019 1:00 am - A 20-year-old man accused of breaking into a house near Round Lake Beach and killing a woman pleaded not guilty to several first-degree murder charges in Lake County cou...