Angela Sykora is a former Patch Local Editor for Lake County. She is currently a freelance writer.
A group of Highland Park High School baseball players donated their time to make Riverwoods' Center for Enriched Living's 'Sweetheart Dance' a night to remember for disabled community members.
The friends of Joey Frase, who died Jan. 20 after succumbing to hypothermia, will be selling remembrance wristbands at Something's Brewing Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
The start of the Christian Lenten season begins Wednesday.
The start of the Christian Lenten season begins Wednesday.
The start of the Christian Lenten season begins Wednesday.
A forum on preventing football head injuries hosted by State Rep. Carole Sente will be held at Vernon Hills High School on Monday, Feb. 25.
A forum on preventing football head injuries hosted by State Rep. Carole Sente will be held at Vernon Hills High School on Monday, Feb. 25.
The start of the Christian Lenten season begins Wednesday.
The start of the Christian Lenten season begins Wednesday.
The start of the Christian Lenten season begins Wednesday.
A St. Gilbert Catholic School seventh-grader is the state's first place winner of the VFW's 2012-13 Patriot Pen Essay Contest. In addition, a fifth-grade teacher has been named the district's first place winner of a VFW teacher award.
Three Deerfield High School wrestlers qualified for state at a sectional tournament in Barrington last weekend.
Six Libertyville High School wrestlers qualified for state at a sectional tournament in Barrington last weekend.
Grayslake's own Lisa Rock, a cabaret singer, will perform 'Close to You: The Music of the Carpenters' at Grayslake's College of Lake County on Feb 16. The event will also feature dessert appetizers prepared by culinary students for a
In recognition of Ash Wednesday, the Union Church of Lake Bluff invites the community to a special musical prayer service.
Doctors Larry Kaskel, Monika McLain and Lisa Newman, who have practices at the Hollister campus in Libertyville, have joined Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group.
The well-known whisky has lowered the alcohol-by-volume of the drink to keep up with high demands.
The LUNGevity Foundation will host the 'Breathe Deep Yogathon' at the Illinois Bone & Joint Institute in Highland Park on Saturday, Feb. 23.
Boy Scout Troop 50 in Deerfield has been awarded the Gold Level Award.
A forum on preventing football head injuries hosted by State Rep. Carole Sente will be held at Vernon Hills High School on Monday, Feb. 25.