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Lindenhurst Park District was awarded $3.4 million in matching federal and state grants for the construction of a Grass Lake Road Pedestrian Underpass connecting the under developed Park District’s Oak Ridge Park, which also received development funds.

Carmen Patlan was 7 when she emigrated from Mexico to the United States with her family. Diana Alvey was also just a child, 3, when she came to the United States from Mexico.

Now that the federal government has approved financial assistance to homes and businesses in Lake County after last month's flood, residents and store owners can begin applying for funds as they clean up the damage.

Kristin Miks, 32, of Wildwood was arrested May 13 and charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault and four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

Na na na na na na na na, Namtab! Oops, we meant Batman. We’re still dizzy from riding Six Flags Great America’s Batman The Ride Backwards, just in time for Batman The Ride’s 21st birthday.

Ian Nichols recently got a small dose of an event that just may break him.

The Electronic Products Recycling & Reuse Act took effect a litle over a year ago, banning myriad devices from being dumped in the garbage and ending up in landfills.

While some teens where getting refreshing treats from the Tastee Freeze on a recent sunny evening, next door, three friends — 15-year-old Ben Reyes, Nick Misterle and Brian Mace of Grayslake — played a Super Smash Mario Brothers video game inside a local Grayslake teen center called the Oasis.

Sometimes, amateur musical theater exceeds one's expectations. Sometimes modernization of 1970s musical theater exceeds one's expectations as well. Spotlight Theater's rendition of "Godspell," did both for this long-time musical theater educator. Director Lindsey Branson's production of "Godspell," presented by the Lake County Spotlight Theater group, consisting of young people ranging in age from seven to 18 delighted this reviewer with its exuberant ride through New Testament parables as conceived by song-writer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz of "Wicked" fame. Chock full of 2013 humor that pokes quick fun of everything from Les Mis to Bruce Lee to smash-ups, Godspell was deftly updated to reflect the tastes of a new audience. Great touches inc

A couple of classic cars from the Volo Auto Museum in Volo will make their premiere Friday in “The Great Gatsby.”

Na na na na na na na na, Namtab! Oops, we meant Batman. We're still dizzy from riding Six Flags Great America's Batman The Ride Backwards, just in time for Batman: The Ride's 21st birthday.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit in Lake County Circuit Court against an Antioch-based home repair business for allegedly failing to complete contracted projects and failing to pay its suppliers.

William Shakespeare called them “winking marybuds” which opened their “golden eyes” when they bloomed. This spring, thousands of marybuds, what we call marsh marigolds, have opened their golden eyes in wet areas in Lake County. The marsh marigolds represent one of the good things about all that rain we've had. They love water.

An academy where a surf board hangs atop the front desk and images of Bob Marley can be appreciated from any angle in the room may not be the vision one expects when thinking of a martial arts academy. But for Grayslake resident Christopher Lund, that is the perfect sanctuary in which to teach.