Republican state Rep. Sheri Jesiel of Winthrop Harbor is competing against Democrat Nick Ciko of Lindenhurst in Illinois House District 61. We endorse Jesiel over Ciko, a Mundelein Elementary District 75 teacher, real estate broker and Antioch-Lake ...

Both candidates for Lake County Board District 4 in the far northeast corner of the county say economic development is needed to combat high property taxes, but they differ on how that might happen. Veteran Republican Brent Paxton, who has served on...

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Voters will select from a first-time candidate and a veteran politician to decide who represents a state senate district covering a swath of Lake County. Republican newcomer Michael Amrozowicz of Gurnee will face Democratic state Sen. Melinda Bush o...

One of the world's most beloved children's stories, "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl, will be staged by the College of Lake County Theatre department Sept. 29 through Oct. 2. Dahl's fantasy adventure for children was dramatized by Richard R...

Besides a lengthy list of national, state and local candidates, voters in seven Lake County communities will decide several binding and advisory referendum questions in November. Local ballot issues include requested tax hikes to pay for roads and u...

A story that ran Sept. 3 in some editions of the Daily Herald involving referendum questions in Lake County contained incorrect information. Voters in Round Lake Park, not Round Lake, will be asked if the village should borrow $5.4 million via a...

Seeking to keep a targeted Lake County legislative seat in GOP hands, House Republican strategists on Thursday will launch cable television ads highlighting past convictions of Democratic challenger Nick Ciko for theft of a parking pass in college a...