Several communities in Lake County are planning events this week to remember the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Vernon Hills: The park district hosts its second Fields of Gold Planting on Tuesday at Century Hawthorn Park. In all, 2,300 s...

Car debate continues: Gurnee village board members will be receiving more information to help them decide whether certain employees should continue using publicly owned take-home vehicles. Gurnee trustees Monday night resumed discussion on whether t...

With more than 25,000 acres encompassing a variety of uses scattered over dozens of sites from throughout Lake County, John Tannahill has a sprawling beat. The new chief of the Lake County Forest Preserve District's ranger police acknowledges that o...