Libertyville News Archives

A second Lake County resident has died due to complications from H1NI flu. A 41-year-old woman from Gurnee died Friday after being hospitalized with the flu.

State Police say a 19-year-old Illinois student at Landmark College has been arrested for sexually assaulting a classmate.

Waly Lowry's home haunt is not only creepy, it's steeped in history. Soldiers from the Revolutionary War to Desert Storm stand guard in front of the 1850s farmhouse in Libertyville.

John Heavener did not bother to explain why he never went to see his probation officer at his sentencing hearing Monday.

The balloons and cake surprised Doreen Lagoni, 80. Another routine blood donation turned into a party to celebrate her 100th donation at LifeSource in Gurnee.

Village officials are looking to market the Libertyville Sports Complex as more than just a place to play indoor soccer or basketball.

The American Cancer Society celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Making Strides Against Breast Cancer events on Sunday.

Sample more than 80 domestic and international wines along with a variety of hors d' oeuvres at the Wines in the Wild fundraiser at Brookfield Zoo.

Local teens dedicated to helping Lake County's homeless is holding a Halloween Costume drive for Lake County's homeless children .

Thomas Madole, a career police officer, former police chief and former president of the Illinois Police Association, died in two-car collision Thursday in Vernon Hills.

Petrakeks' Pharmacy in Libertyville, Illinois has announced the dedication of a new community room for free use by the community.

You can add Libertyville to the "no" column when it comes to video gambling. The village board on Tuesday unanimously approved a ban on video poker machines or similar devices.

A man forced his way into a Long Grove area bank early Saturday morning, tied the two employees there up and escaped with between $8,000 and $14,000 in cash, a Lake County Sheriff's police spokesman said Monday.

After being reported missing for approximately 48 hours, a Mundelein man has been located.

It's never too early to start the fun Halloween brings. Festivities for families kick off tonight at the Haunted Harvest at Lambs Farm in north suburban Libertyville.

Have you ever wondered about how Condell Medical Center came to be? Back in the early 1900s Condell Memorial Hospital was the result of a bequest by Elizabeth Condell.

When a single mother of two young children without health insurance became the one person out of every 15 Americans to suffer a brain aneurysm, her co-workers rallied to her aid to help cover thousands of dollars in medical expenses.

Things will go bump in the night, 6-10 p.m. Saturdays, Oct. 3-31, at Lambs Farm, Interstate 94 at Route 176, Libertyville.

Police are searching for a black truck that triggered a three-vehicle accident early Friday on Butterfield Road.

The only Jewish member of the Mundelein village board says the administration's decision not to reschedule this past Monday's meeting because it fell on Yom Kippur was discriminatory.