Gurnee Mills announces new slate of businesses: ‘The death of malls is vastly overrated’
Increased use of online shopping and e-commerce appeared to be foreshadowing an eventual end to brick-and-mortar stores, especially those in malls.
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Lake County’s 911 consolidation rift resurfaces: ‘What do we do now to protect and serve the county?’
The 911 consolidation is the culmination of a more-than-decades-long effort that, among other things, is aimed at reducing call transfers during emergencies.
Solo Cup factory site proposal moves to Highland Park council: ‘It’s a wacky site’
During Tuesday’s meeting, the developer revealed the updated design.
‘Legalized racism’: Lake County Board’s first Latino blasts Supreme Court decision
Lake County Board member Esiah Campos said the moment requires action, especially from fellow Latinos in political office, warning that “silence in the face of this injustice is complicity.”
Vernon Hills early education center planned for 200 children; ‘There is still a lot of demand’
Data from the Illinois State Board of Education suggests the area to be an early childhood desert.
Vernon Hills parents striving to do right by genius son, 4: ‘Kids with … these abilities should be celebrated’
According to a Mensa press release, Zorien Royce was spelling complex words and counting forward and backward to 100 by age 2.
Vernon Hills synagogue the target of antisemitic graffiti; ‘We are stronger than hate’
Someone spray-painted a crude drawing and antisemitic message in the parking lot and on a wall.
Teachers union helps Round Lake D116 address $11M shortfall; ‘I know the sacrifice is real’
The salary modification requires the district to repay the money essentially lent by the staff, “as future budget surpluses allow."
Lake County Forest Preserves wage war on invasive buckthorn; ‘Lots of people hate this’
Today, more than 50% of Lake County’s trees are buckthorn.
State and village spar over unlit Mundelein intersection; ‘It’s really dark’
Mundelein police data says the intersection has had more than a hundred accidents from January 2019 through September 2024, including 34 “overnight” accidents.