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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 ›

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 ›

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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 12:34 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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Czechoslovak Heritage Museum event honoring former Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak

By Czechoslovak Heritage Museum | April 2, 2011 at 8:42 p.m.

The Czechoslovak Heritage Museum will hold an event to honor former Chicago Mayor Anton J Cermak on Saturday, April 16 from noon until 4pm. The … Read more ›

The Lake County Discvoery Museum. Photo courtesy Lake County Forest Preserves

Discovery Museum commemorates Civil War Sesquicentennial

Jan. 5, 2011 at 3:19 p.m.

In 2011 the Lake County Discovery Museum is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War. The museum will host a special … Read more ›

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From the community

Mollie's War, the story of a WWII WAC

By Cyndee Schaffer | Nov. 8, 2010 at 4:01 p.m.

On October 20th, Cyndee Schaffer and her mother, Mollie Weinstein Schaffer presented a program at the Park (an assisted living facility) in Vernon Hills, about … Read more ›

Time capsule with town’s legacy to be buried Oct. 16

By Krystyna Slivinski | Oct. 5, 2010 at 1:38 p.m.

When the centennial time capsule in Mundelein is laid to rest for the next 50 years, its burial will be no different than what takes … Read more ›

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