• Vernon Hills may be next to raise age to buy tobacco to 21

  By Mick Zawislak Vernon Hills trustees informally have agreed to raise the age requirment to buy cigarettes and tobacco products from 18 to 21.
  Last Updated Jun 23, 2017 4:33 PM

• Authorities apprehend fugitive wanted for six years

  Updated Jun 23, 2017 2:02 PM

  A fugitive who was wanted for offenses dating back six years was taken into custody Thursday at his home in McHenry.

• Man charged with selling crack cocaine near Antioch High School

  Updated Jun 23, 2017 10:23 AM

  An Antioch man is accused of selling crack cocaine near Antioch High School.

• Young artists create colorful public art in downtown Libertyville

  Updated Jun 22, 2017 4:44 PM

  Students from the David Adler Music and Arts Center’s counselor-in-training program are spending the week creating an original mural to liven up what’s being called Artists Alley in downtown Libertyville.

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• Libertyville sending out flood survey

  Updated Jun 23, 2017 5:29 PM

  Libertyville residents are asked to complete a flood questionnaire to assist with the Master Stormwater Management Plan study.

• Cell tower at Lake County golf course?

  Updated Jun 23, 2017 5:28 PM

  The planning committee of the Lake County Forest Preserve District on Monday will discuss whether to allow a cell tower at one of two sites at Countryside golf course near Mundelein.

• Lake County’s Nerheim named State’s Attorney of the Year

  Updated Jun 22, 2017 4:29 PM

  Lake County State’s Attorney Michael G. Nerheim has been named State’s Attorney of the Year for the second time by the Illinois State Crime Commission.

• Work begins on upscale subdivision on former Cuneo estate in Vernon Hills

  Updated Jun 22, 2017 6:14 AM

  After more than two years of review, refinement and approvals, Pulte Homes has begun site work building an upscale subdivision on the former Cuneo estate in Vernon Hills.

• Merging McHenry County recorder’s, clerk’s offices will be up to voters

  Updated Jun 21, 2017 4:49 PM

  McHenry County voters will decide in the March primary whether to abolish the recorder’s office and merge its functions with the clerk’s office.

• Cedar Lake Road to close in Round Lake
• Grassroots group wants health study of Route 53 extension
• After protesters gather, Rauner skips Republican fundraiser
• Bicyclist struck by van in North Barrington
• Texts, emails between disgraced Fox Lake cop, wife barred from trial
• Hidden Gems garden walk
• Town hall meeting on school funding
• Golf outing raises $57,000 for A Safe Place
• Expert: Grants, tax breaks could lure millennials to Lake County
• ‘Spirit of St. Louis’ model to fly at Fox Valley Aero Club show

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