• Lions Clubs International marks 100 years with huge convention in Chicago

  By Madhu Krishnamurthy Oak Brook-based Lions Clubs International is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding with a centennial convention June 30 through July 4 at Chicago's McCormick Place.
  Last Updated Jun 26, 2017 6:27 AM

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

  Updated Jun 23, 2017 7:28 PM

  Vernon Hills trustees informally have agreed to raise the age requirment to buy cigarettes and tobacco products from 18 to 21.

• 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.

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• 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.

• 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.

• Cedar Lake Road to close in Round Lake
• Boat tours of Island Lake begin June 25
• Grassroots group wants health study of Route 53 extension
• Deerfield mayor Rosenthal now head of Northwest Municipal Conference
• Golf outing raises $57,000 for A Safe Place
• College of Lake County presents ‘Jekyll and Hyde’
• Expert: Grants, tax breaks could lure millennials to Lake County
• MCC mobile app degree receives state board approval

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