Libertyville News

A fire that started Wednesday night deep inside a large warehouse in Libertyville has been extinguished without injuries.

Struggling Motorola is laying off 74 more workers from its mobile-phone division.

John Dillinger's gangland Chicago may be known for gunplay and high-stakes heists, but one suburban man who spent weeks living the movie version said the pay wasn't so great, and there was a lot of sitting around.

Of all the national holidays, July 4 is the one on which Americans are most encouraged to celebrate.

I truly hated this despicable piece of French misogyny. A straight-laced middle-aged attorney gets his conservative world rocked by a flirtatious TV weathergirl who reduces him to a puddle of pheromones during an important trial.

Libertyville pageant winners, selected June 18, included sisters for the first time in recent memory.

A 2½-foot long, fork-tongued lizard is living large in Libertyville -- way too large for the woman who spotted it outside her house.

An outdoor concert scheduled Saturday, July 11 at the farm of 1950s presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson II near Libertyville will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.

A renewed push to convert a deteriorating landmark into a centerpiece community center has the support of the Libertyville village board.

Can the historic Brainerd buildings be saved? John Snow, president of the Brainerd Community Center, told trustees that "saving the historic buildings that date back to 1916 is the most significant voluntary undertaking the village has been involved in during the past 100 years." "We have a vast reservoir of volunteers eager to help preserve ...

Faith C. Weeks of Mundelein, Ill., and formerly of Waupun, passed away peacefully on June 11, 2009, at Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Ill., after a courageous battle with cancer.

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., June 18 IL-Families-of-SMA LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy has just released details of the latest developments for the Families of SMA funded therapeutic pipeline.

Over the last 29 years, the gourmet deli, The Picnic Basket, has established itself as a staple of the Libertyville community, developing and evolving right alongside the town itself.

Pups and their people, take note: Lambs Farm is baking up what they hope will be the world's largest dog biscuit.

A Waukegan man who spent the better part of his life proving that he was not going to comply with the rules of a civilized society will now spend the rest of it indoors.

Libertyville Days opens its annual fun fest Thursday with the theme "There's No Place Like Home." More than 50,000 people are expected to participate over the four-day run.

For information please visit our Events Calendar or follow this link to the Civic Center website Libertyville Days Info.

When the Lake County Forest Preserve District took possession of what is now the Fox River Preserve and Marina in 1990, recalled Executive Director Tom Hahn, "it was a mess about 200 or 300 dilapidated trailers." Two decades later, the preserve spans 589 acres on both sides of the Fox River in Cuba Township, and boasts a four-lane boat launch, two ...

A Round Lake Beach man charged with severely injuring his infant daughter by pressing on her chest pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Lake County circuit court.

Al Fleming, principal of Grayslake North High School, will leave District 127 to become associate superintendent of Libertyville-Vernon Hills High School District 128.