Saturday benefit to help man battling cancer, misfortune

HOLIDAY HILLS – Sitting on a bench at a table, Michael Ghilardi reflects on some of his recent difficulties, as the 61-year-old car salesman doesn’t have much money to go out. In March, doctors found a half-centimeter spot on his liver. In November, after an attack of pancr ... Read More »

Local News

New Island Lake Thornton's celebrates with faces full of pie

ISLAND LAKE – Visitors to the new Thornton's gas station in Island Lake on Jan. 26, got a surprise on top of the already friendly service. “I didn't know I was walking into ... Read More »

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Saturday benefit to help man battling cancer, misfortune

HOLIDAY HILLS – Sitting on a bench at a table, Michael Ghilardi reflects on some of his recent difficulties, as the 61-year-old car salesman doesn’t have muc ... Read More »

Lakelife

Critic's Choice: Northlight's soulful 'Black Pearl Sings!' connects

SKOKIE – In Frank Higgins’ stirring and witty “Black Pearl Sings!” at Northlight Theatre, the two women characters may be worlds apart but they find common ground as well as s ... Read More »

Blogs

An election season challenge

After watching a handful of Republican presidential debates in recent weeks and President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Jan. 24, it is safe to say that my excit ... Read More »

Lake County ForeFronts – Do you know someone special?

Those who read the Lake County Journal regularly probably have noticed that one of our strengths lies in telling the stories of individuals doing great things for others and t ... Read More »

Lake Co. Magazine

Healthy Helpings

The New Year often brings with it a heightened sense of health, especially when it comes to eating habits. But don’t throw your old recipe book in the trash just yet — learn t ... Read More »

Great Lakes Bulletin

TSC, learning site staff and sailors judge science fair

Sailors from Training Support Center (TSC), Great Lakes and the learning sites volunteered to judge over a 100 science fair projects at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee, Ill. ... Read More »

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