Susan Kuczka

Only a week ago, Democratic secretary of state candidate Tim McCarthy told a TV audience that the people who should be blamed for state Sen. Penny Severns' removal from the...

Political candidates are used to having their campaign signs mysteriously disappear, but Lake County Board member Judy Martini (R-Antioch) is taking the unusual step of offering a $500 reward for...

A four-month investigation into questions raised about the expenditure of public funds by Libertyville Township officials uncovered no evidence of wrongdoing, according to the Lake County state's attorney's office. "We...

The head of the Family Taxpayers' Network, a conservative group supporting state Rep. Robert Churchill for the GOP secretary of state nomination, accused rival candidate Al Salvi on Tuesday of...

Susan Garrett, the immediate past president of the League of Women Voters of Lake Forest/Lake Bluff, announced this week that she will be a candidate in the Democratic primary next...

As expected, Willie R. Smith, a former captain and undersheriff in the Lake County sheriff's office, has announced he will be a candidate for sheriff in the Republican primary next...

Gov. Jim Edgar has proclaimed Dec. 6 Neil P. Iovino Day in honor of the Highland Park resident, a World War II veteran and Silver Star recipient who survived the...

Lake County Sheriff's Police closed a club in unincorporated Mundelein Wednesday--which first opened the night before--after the county liquor commissioner said the establishment broke the law. The bar on Illinois...

Louise G. Greenebaum, a former member of the Highland Park City Council, has announced plans to run for re-election as a trustee to the North Shore Sanitary District. "I want...

Lake County Board member David Stolman (R-Buffalo Grove) says he has no plans to seek election to the 51st District House seat currently held by state Rep. Verna Clayton (R-Buffalo...