Waukegan
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Lake County Gun Violence Prevention Initiative to host two more town hallsJan 09, 2024 5:15 am - The Lake County Gun Violence Prevention Initiative, sponsored by the Lake County State's Attorney Office, will host town hall meetings in Highland Park and Vernon Hills t...
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Sci-fi authors to talk AI at Jan. 11 webinar with Illinois Libraries PresentJan 07, 2024 3:52 pm - More than 200 Illinois libraries are hosting an online program, “Speculating About Our AI Future with Cory Doctorow, Ken Liu and Martha Wells,” on Thursday, Jan. 11. Thr...
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Mental health needs of Black and Hispanic girls often go unmet. This Waukegan group wraps them in support.Jan 07, 2024 9:13 am - Editor’s note: This story about Working on Womanhood was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innova...
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Migrant influx: What suburban communities are doing as buses carrying asylum-seekers stop in their townsJan 06, 2024 4:54 pm - Days before Christmas, Aurora’s Deputy Mayor Guillermo Trujillo received a call. Buses with migrants seeking asylum had arrived at the Aurora Transportation Center. The ...
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Lake County Audubon Society organizes winter bird watching seriesJan 06, 2024 5:15 am - Lake County Audubon Society’s new bird watching series, called Bird Lake County, kicks off today with a visit to North Point Marina and socializing over coffee afterward ...
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Mom whose son was killed by intoxicated boater advocates for other drunken driving victims in McHenry, Lake countiesJan 05, 2024 7:20 pm - It was supposed to be a fun summer day for the Borcia family boating and tubing on the Chain O’ Lakes, but it suddenly turned tragic when an intoxicated boater ran into a...
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Tree removal part of advance work for 2-year road project in southern Lake CountyJan 05, 2024 5:30 am - Trees felled as part of Arlington Heights Road reconstruction will be replaced elsewhere
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Correctional officer shortage putting crunch on jailsJan 05, 2024 5:15 am - The law enforcement officer shortage that’s plagued police departments across the country in recent years also is having serious consequences for jails and prisons. The p...
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Lake County opens new Vote-by-Mail Processing CenterJan 04, 2024 6:57 pm - Lake County officials unveiled a newly renovated Vote-by-Mail Processing Center Thursday that they said would improve automation and make voting by mail more secure. Lake...
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Best bets: Metropolitan Jazz Octet re-imagines David Bowie; Starlight City; Colin Mochrie & Brad SherwoodJan 04, 2024 10:06 am - Page’s birthday: Salute Led Zeppelin’s hits as tribute act Kashmir marks the birthday of the band’s iconic founder for the Jimmy Page Birthday Bash at the Arcada Theatre,...