Lincolnwood OKs sick days for workers but rejects minimum wage
Workers at businesses in Lincolnwood won one benefit, paid sick days, and lost another, an increase to the Cook County minimum wage of $12 per hour, at a recent village...
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‘You just want to give it to him’: Senior guard Donovan Carter’s ‘hot hand’ gives surging Wauconda confidence this season
The way Donovan Carter is piling up points, you wouldn't believe the Wauconda sharpshooter thought twice about taking his shot as a sophomore. "We were yelling at him to shoot...
Boys basketball notes: After failing to win a conference game last season, Round Lake is rounding into a Northern Lake County contender
Round Lake's surprising performance will not be cause for premature celebration among its players. After some deliberation by coach Jay Iden and his assistants, the decision was to not handle...
News-Sun boys basketball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020
Top 5 With records through Saturday and previous rankings in parentheses. 1. Mundelein 13-1 (1) 2. Stevenson 10-2 (2) 3. Round Lake 11-3 (3) 4. Wauconda 9-3 (4) 5. Libertyville...
Boys basketball notes: ‘Unmatched’ Patrick Graham turns into double-double machine for Libertyville
Holiday tournaments commonly provide two boosts. Teams gain experience playing on the road sometimes far from home, while individual players raise their profiles. Patrick Graham is now someone to be...
Lincolnwood sits out marijuana for now, but maybe not forever
Lincolnwood will start the era of legalized recreational cannabis on the sidelines. However, Mayor Barry Bass said he would like the village to consider a dispensary for a potential $500,000...
Lincolnwood looks to 2020 developments
In the early days of 2020, passersby will be able to gauge the scope of the budding development of the much-delayed l former Purple Hotel site at Touhy and Lincoln...
Warren’s Christian Phillips is the 2019 News-Sun Football Player of the Year
Will anyone ever pigeonhole Christian Phillips again? Phillips' future college coaches will have a challenge. Given his offensive production for Class 8A runner-up Warren, the senior wide receiver/running back and...
‘The best big man in the area’: Mundelein’s 6-foot-8 Scottie Ebube becomes a center of attention
At 6 feet 8 and 230 pounds, Scottie Ebube has an excess of physical gifts. The Mundelein junior center also has plenty of confidence. But Ebube uses an economy of...
News-Sun boys basketball rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019
Top 5 With records through Saturday and previous rankings in parentheses. 1. Mundelein 10-0 (2) 2. Stevenson 9-1 (1) 3. Round Lake 8-2 (5) 4. Wauconda 7-2 (4) 5. Libertyille...