News
March 4, 2010
By YADIRA SANCHEZ OLSONColoring, clapping, counting and cutting.
February 19, 2010
By KATE THAYERAfter the first year that first-time drunken driving offenders can choose between losing their license for a period of time, or driving with a breath device installed in their car, most are choosing the former.
By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKIMcHenry County Sheriff’s police already have seized more marijuana plants in indoor grow operations this year than they did in all of 2008.
By YADIRA SÁNCHEZ OLSON More than 3,000 fans showed up to the Gurnee Mills Outlet Mall in Gurnee to show their affection for the stars of Telemundo’s successful Spanish soap opera, Mas Sabe el Diablo.
February 15, 2010
By COLIN SELBOWAUKEGAN – There is not a day that goes by when Lake County residents can pick up a newspaper and not read about the problems in their communities associated with gangs, guns and drugs, Lake County Crime Stoppers executive director Andy Anderson said.
By STEPHANIE LEHMANROUND LAKE – Christmas came in February for the freshmen students at Round Lake High School
January 28, 2010
By YADIRA SANCHEZ OLSONThe best sauce in Waukegan is what made Mike’s Pizza the winner of the People’s Choice Award at
By EL CONQUISTADORLake County Health Department marks National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day with free HIV counseling and testing.
WOODSTOCK – Turning Point’s Partner Abuse Intervention Program is adding a Latino Parenting Group to assist parents who have perpetrated domestic violence against their partners or children.
It was 30 years ago that a group of women in the Sycamore United Methodist Church banded together to offer some time off for mothers and provide early socialization and educational experiences for young children.
LAKE IN THE HILLS – Summer blockbuster movies, such as the latest Iron Man, Shrek, Toy Story and Twilight sequels, will come to the Lake in the Hills 12 theater this year, as they have the past 13 years.
January 22, 2010
By COLIN SELBOWAUKEGAN – Based on the cheers and wild applause from students and teachers alike, opening day did not seem like it was still three months away.
WAUCONDA – Running through Aug. 15, the Charles Warner’s Cathedrals exhibit will be on display at the Lake County Discovery Museum, featuring a collection of four of Warner’s hand-carved, wooden folk-art cathedrals.
By EL CONQUISTADORThe recession has reached the executive suites of the nation’s public universities and colleges.
By BRIAN SLUPSKIWOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Latino Coalition has closed up shop, apparently for good.
By EL CONQUISTADORCRYSTAL LAKE – The 2010 People in Need Forum, which connects volunteers and staff from human service organizations to community resources for people in need, will be held from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30 at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake.
By ASHLEY RHODEBECKST. CHARLES – Dining parties struggling to decide between Mexican and American cuisine can soon settle the argument by going to a new St. Charles restaurant selling food for both tastes.
January 14, 2010
By STEPHANIE N. LEHMANJust because something works doesn’t mean it can’t get better.
By EL CONQUISTADORWaukegan — North Shore Gas has committed $20,000 to help fund a new 3,200 square-foot Family Literacy Suite, under construction now at the Waukegan Public Library.
By DIANA SROKAJOHNSBURG – Although Walmart hasn’t asked village officials for the final go ahead to build a
By CRYSTAL LINDELL‘Tis the season for sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever – but it doesn’t have to mean countless doctor’s visits or even downing multiple shots of NyQuil.
January 8, 2010
By EL CONQUISTADORDavid Alarcon started his public service career in law enforcement, working for the Department of Corrections in the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.
By EL CONQUISTADORWoodstock – The McHenry County Department of Health is offering a seven-week adult smoking cessation class beginning on Tuesday, Jan. 12, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at McHenry County College, 8900 U.S. Route 14, in Crystal Lake.
By EL CONQUISTADORAURORA – Garbage stickers will increase from $2.35 to $2.60 as of January 1, per the agreement between the City of Aurora and Allied Waste that was approved in 2007.
By CARRIE FRILLMAN cfrillman@daily and KATE SCHOTT kschott@dailySYCAMORE – Trish Thibault became a library cardholder for the first time this year.