Bannockburn News

About 2,500 fold-out sleeper ottomans are being recalled. Manufactured by Perfect Generation World, of Xiamen Fujian, China, and imported by LTD Commodities LLC, of Bannockburn, Ill., the ottoman's welding joints on the legs can break, posing a fall hazard to consumers.

Thirty-eight referendums will be on primary election ballots in Lake County, but most concern the same topic: electricity service.

Evening commuters were hitting slushy, slick expressways and snow-covered side streets as they made their way home through Thursday's snowstorm, although trains are getting through with few problems.

The Deerfield Public Library now has more than 19,000 registered collection borrowers setting a new record, according to Library Director Mary Pergander .