At a recent meeting, the Wauconda Natural Resources Committee was updated by the Bangs Lake Advisory Committee on efforts to monitor the lake's water level and other issues.

At a recent meeting, the Waukegan Historic Preservation Commission received commissioner reports on properties that are candidates for historic-landmark status.

Youth-basketball evaluations for the Round Lake Area Park District's upcoming league season will take place Oct. 23 and Nov. 6 at Park School, 400 W. Townline Road, according to rlapd.org.

It's not unusual to see brown bags hanging from the hallway ceiling at Buffalo Grove High School (BGHS).

Gun violence has plagued Illinois, with a reported 3,261 shooting victims in Chicago alone to date in 2016.

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) may experience a shut down if contract talks between the Chicago Teachers Union and the city fails to make any progress.

Rod Drobinski, the Republican candidate for the Illinois House seat in District 62, was endorsed by several key law enforcement organizations last week.

The Illinois Republican Party (ILGOP) launched a voter-fraud hot line today, in response to complaints of bribes for votes.

Moody’s Investors Service recently downgraded the credit rating for the Chicago Board of Education deeper into junk status, to B3 from B2.

While an 11th-hour deal kept the Chicago Teachers Union from walking off the job as it settled contract negotiations with the city Tuesday, Martin Blumenthal, the Republican candidate in the District 58 state House race, was not surprised at the threat of a strike from the union and expressed disappointment over the union's ultimatum.

The Illinois unemployment rate declined for the fourth straight month in August, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced last week.

Illinois' public pension crisis has been bumped out of the headlines by the Nov. 8 presidential election and other attention-grabbers, but the crisis hasn't gone away, the vice president of a Chicago-based conservative think tank said in a recent article.

The top 50 highest-paid teachers in Mundelein Cons HSD 120 each earned more than $98,000.

The top 50 highest-paid teachers in Barrington CUSD 220 each earned more than $117,000.

The top 50 highest-paid teachers in Lake Forest SD 67 each earned more than $86,000.

The top 50 highest-paid teachers in Grayslake CHSD 127 each earned more than $89,000.

0.0 percent of people in Fort Sheridan were receiving food stamps as of April 30, 2016, according to an analysis of the federal program by Lake County Gazette.

4.3 percent of people in Wauconda were receiving food stamps as of April 30, 2016, according to an analysis of the federal program by Lake County Gazette.

3.64 percent of people in Vernon Hills were receiving food stamps as of April 30, 2016, according to an analysis of the federal program by Lake County Gazette.

1.22 percent of people in Highland Park were receiving food stamps as of April 30, 2016, according to an analysis of the federal program by Lake County Gazette.