Lake County Gazette

Abernathy calls on opponent Sente to support term limits

By Jamie Barrand | Sep 5, 2016

Dawn Abernathy, Republican candidate for the District 59 State House seat, supports term limits and has challenged her opponent, Democratic state Rep. Carol Sente, to "be the independent you claim to be" and join Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner in supporting them.

Text-a-Tip offers crisis hot-line services through cell phones

By Jamie Barrand | Oct 22, 2015

Text-a-Tip, an anonymous text-based crisis hot line backed by Linking Efforts Against Drugs (LEADS) was successfully implemented in Deerfield and Highland Park schools in March. The program is now available to all Lake County communities and will soon be available in cities across the country.

Lake Forest holds community forum

By Jamie Barrand | Oct 22, 2015

Latest forum focused on getting community involved in sustainability planning.

Diamond Lake Road set to re-open in late October amid work delays

By Jamie Barrand | Oct 22, 2015

After many delays, Diamond Lake Road in Lake County is now set to re-open by the end of October. The first delay was the result of creek diversion being overtopped by the large amount of rain (3-4 inches) that fell Sept. 17 -18, which postponed work on the site until the creek level went down.

Hultgren, commission to examine migrant surge into Europe

By Jamie Barrand | Oct 19, 2015

Hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees began pouring into Europe in 2014, and officials are seeking solutions on how to manage the situation.As many as half of the arrivals are thought to be Syrian war refugees, and as thousands more join them every day, many of the nations in Europe's Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are struggling to manage the situation.