Susan Kuczka

National awards for work on Lake County's Internet site, 1998 annual videotape and 1998 annual report were recently won by communications manager Anne O'Connell, photographer Mary Carmody, video professional Greg...

State Rep. Lauren Beth Gash (D-Highland Park) is joining Secretary of State Jesse White and state Rep. Thomas Dart (D-Chicago) in seeking to close a loophole that allows suspected drunken...

Two more state lawmakers from Lake County have been named to the newly created Smart Growth Task Force, which will make recommendations to the General Assembly on land use, housing...

Democrats living in the 10th Congressional District have scheduled a slate-making session to endorse a candidate to run in next year's election against longtime Republican U.S. Rep. John Porter of...

The Village of Libertyville will receive more than $300,000 in state funds for improvements at Bolander Park, Butler Lake Park and Central Park. "With less and less land available for...

State Sen. William Peterson (R-Long Grove) has been appointed by Gov. George Ryan to the state's new Smart Growth Task Force, which will make recommendations on land use and preservation...

Freshman state Rep. Sidney Mathias (R-Buffalo Grove) has been appointed to a new task force that will study the issue of videotaping police interrogations and confessions. "Too many convictions have...

Lake County Treasurer Robert Skidmore is reminding property owners in the far northern suburbs that the second installment of their 1998 real estate taxes is due by Sept. 3. Payments...

Coast Guard officials Thursday evening suspended the largest search and rescue operation on Lake Michigan in five years, acknowledging they had abandoned hope of finding a 5-year-old Hinsdale girl alive...

The Illinois Board of Higher Education is expected to move one step closer toward selection of a site for the proposed multi-university center in the far northern suburbs when a...