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Captured: A Life With the Ojibwe

By June Stelter | April 30 at 1:55 p.m.

AAUW Waukegan Area Branch will meet 7:00p.m. Tuesday, May 8th at the Gurnee Police Facility, Washington St. & O'Plaine Road. Steven Kaiser, an EPA attorney, … Read more ›

Marine Veterans honoring their WW II Veteran brothers
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3 WW II Marine Veterans Honored

By Marty Smith III | March 22 at 9:05 p.m.

at In Laws Restaurant the Marine Corps League Lake County Detachment 801 honored 3 Marine WW II Veterans and Thanked Them for their service. Each … Read more ›

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Feb. 23-24: Trace Your Family History Workshop at the CLC Lakeshore Campus

By College of Lake County | Jan. 27 at 9:56 a.m.

Learn how to trace your family history at a series of Black History Month workshops on Feb. 23 and 24 being held at the College … Read more ›

Crew members from USS LST 888 have been holding reunions since 1986 and met in late September at the Lincolnshire, Marriot. The U.S. Navy vessel was decommissioned in 1946 after serving in the Pacific during WWII. Front row, left to right: Leonard Nappa, Ernest Hasemeyer, Tony Rocha. Back row, left to right: Jim Buck, Paul Terry, Alan DeMuth, Bill Ellmann. (Photo by Brian L. Cox, special to the Tribune)

WWII veterans of Navy troop transport gather in Lincolnshire

By Brian L. Cox | Sep. 27, 2011 at 3:40 p.m.

It’s not too often that 85-year-old Lake Zurich native Norbert W. Ellmann is considered the youngster in a group. But when the group is made … Read more ›

Carlton Richmond with sons Douglas Richmond, 5, and David Richmond, 1, and Victoria Hargis. He was killed in Round Lake Beach in 1982. (Provided by Victoria Hargis)

Family sees ‘karma’ in conviction for 1982 killing

By Ruth Fuller | Sep. 6, 2011 at 3:33 p.m.

A Lake County jury took just three hours to end nearly three decades of pain for Beth Carter and her family. The panel of nine … Read more ›

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In their own words: TribLocal contributors reflect on 9/11

By Patrick W. Rollens | Sep. 6, 2011 at 10:06 a.m.

Sept. 11, 2001, dawned bright and clear, but before the day was out indelible memories had been etched into our collective consciousness. For the 10-year … Read more ›

Local heroes to be honored on Sept. 11

By Andrea L. Brown | Aug. 30, 2011 at 12:37 p.m.

Gurnee’s local heroes will be recognized as the community remembers the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. The Gurnee Exchange … Read more ›

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Lake County Forest Preserve can’t preserve home designed by famous architect

By Andrea L. Brown | July 12, 2011 at 2:50 p.m.

Officials plan to demolish a house on Lake County forest preserve land that was designed in the 1930s by an architect whose firm built Chicago’s … Read more ›

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Civil Rights Attorney Donates a piece of African American History to University

By Rebecca Berlin | May 18, 2011 at 12:29 p.m.

(Chicago, IL) May 18, 2011 – Celebrated matrimonial attorney and historian Jeffery M. Leving will be donating an original 1855 first edition of My Bondage … Read more ›

Josh Carl has big plans to make the Joy of the Game huge for local residents while keeping high profile events at the facility. (Jeff Vorva/Tribune)

Sky is the limit for Josh Carl, Joy of the Game

By Jeff Vorva | May 5, 2011 at 2:35 p.m.

When Josh Carl was a junior basketball star, he brought a lot of joy to Glenbrook North fans when he helped get the Spartans down … Read more ›

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