As part of this year’s World Leaders Forum Inspirational Series, Judson University will celebrate the work of Be the Match, a bone marrow donation program credited with saving the life of this year’s keynote speaker, author and magician Jim Munroe, according to a press release from the university.

The recently passed public school funding measure, Senate Bill 1947, is slated to provide targeted property tax relief to certain sections of Illinois, including several school districts in Lake County.

Rep. Nick Sauer (R-Lake Barrington) sees the reforms established in the state's new school funding formula as finally providing equal funding and an opportunity for schools to do what's best for their students, according to a press release.

Rep. Sheri Jesiel (R-Winthrop Harbor) voted against the recently passed compromise school funding reform measure because it kept special considerations for Chicago Public Schools and did not provide enough property tax relief, she said in a statement.

The state's recently adopted evidence-based school funding formula is not the answer so many legislators claim it to be, according to Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills), who argues that it's going to push the state deeper in debt.

A new public school funding bill recently passed by the Illinois Legislature, SB1947, includes a scholarship program that would award donated funds to students in lower-income families — up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level — to provide them the opportunity to attend private schools.

Concessions to Chicago Public Schools weakened the state's public school funding bill but not enough to stop it from being a "very good bill that needs to be passed immediately," the superintendent of Gurnee School District 56 says.

Neither Senate Bill 1 nor Gov. Bruce Rauner's amended version of the state's public school funding bill do what's best for all state schools, the superintendent of Big Hollow School District 38 Superintendent Bob Gold argues.

Former Lancer women’s basketball standout Justice Moore is taking her inside-out game to Trinity International University for the 2017-18 season, according to he university's website.

The College of Lake County women’s soccer team is getting a big boost of experience. Nick Carter, an accomplished player and coach, has taken over head coaching duties for the Lancers.

Woodview School's 2016 standardized test scores increased compared to scores from 2015, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

Zion Central Middle School's 2016 standardized test scores decreased compared to scores from 2015, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

Zion-Benton Township High School's 2016 standardized test scores decreased compared to scores from 2015, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

Woodland Intermediate School's 2016 standardized test scores increased compared to scores from 2015, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

Woodlawn Middle School's 2016 standardized test scores decreased compared to scores from 2015, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorne Woods) characterized Sunday's Senate vote to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto of the state's public school funding bill as an abandonment of cooperation, according to Capitol Fax.

Wilmot Elementary School's 2016 standardized test scores increased compared to scores from 2015, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

Lake County's 49 school districts will receive an extra $11.1 million this year if the Illinois House accepts Gov. Bruce Rauner's version of a school funding bill, according to an analysis by the Illinois State Board of Education.

William L. Thompson School's 2016 standardized test scores decreased compared to scores from 2015, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

Whittier Elementary School's 2016 standardized test scores decreased compared to scores from 2015, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).