Vernon Hills News

The so-called "doomsday" of state budget fame may have finally arrived. With the announcement Wednesday that the state Legislature is not scheduled to reconvene until July 14 -- two weeks into the new fiscal year -- massive cuts to social and human service agencies could become a reality in the immediate future.

Smokers can still light up elsewhere but areas near playgrounds, athletic fields and the skate park in the Vernon Hills Park District system are off limits.

Mundelein Police arrested two Chicago men Monday after they reportedly passed a $100 counterfeit bill at the Burlington Coat Factory at U.S. Route 45 and Illinois Route 60.

When it comes to backyard fireworks, only party poppers will be allowed in Mundelein and Vernon Hills this Fourth of July.

Some complaints received by Gurnee village board members and a desire to update local laws led to a discussion Wednesday night on whether tighter regulations should be placed on recreational vehicle parking in residential neighborhoods.

A firefighter suffered heat exhaustion in a structure fire that started at about 5 p.m. in the 100 block of Maplewood Drive in Vernon Hills Thursday evening, fire officials said.

Plunkett Furniture in Northbrook will close between Aug. 10 and 24, joining other furniture stores sunk by a stagnant housing market.

Revenue drain hits pools, but will it last? Comments June 22, 2009 By JOHN ROSZKOWSKI jroszkowski@pioneerlocal.com Unseasonably cool weather this spring and unusually large amounts of rainfall have dampened crowds at many area outdoor pools, but park officials say it's too early in the season to tell whether the sluggish attendance will cause a ...

Glen Daugherty watches from his wooden dock, just beyond his prized pontoon boat, as a floating dredging machine growls from across the channel of the Emory River.

When Dr. Molly McCullough was diagnosed with lymphoma last year, she had a few questions; the main one being, "Why me?" "I didn't see this coming," McCullough said.

The village of Vernon Hills will install new parking machines that accept credit and debit cards at the Metra station on Route 45.

The downdraft Illinois' anti-smoking law may have had on casino revenues appeared to ease up during the first three months of this year, an industry trade group said Wednesday.

Josh Blue, the man who puts "the cerebral in cerebral palsy," returns to Zanies this week in Vernon Hills June 13 to make you laugh and make you think.

Allowing legalized video poker in bars and restaurants is one way state legislators are proposing to raise revenue for a statewide capital bill for roads, transit and schools, but some local towns and law enforcement officials question whether expanding gambling is a good bet.

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Prospects for acquiring a bigger new village hall were rejuvenated with the Village Board authorizing a letter of intent to explore a joint property development venture with a private company.

Improv Playhouse Young Actors Workshop will present "Little Women," adapted from the novel by Louisa May Alcott, at 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday, and at 1:30 and 4 p.m. Sunday at Vernon Hills Sullivan Center stage, 635 N. Aspen Drive.

The Kirk Players are bringing "Harvey," the engaging comic tale of a man and his invisible 6 1/2 foot tall rabbit, to the stage at Mundelein High School June 12-13. This Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Mary Chase debuted on Broadway in 1944 and was filmed in 1950 with Jimmy Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd, a genial alcoholic whose best friend is a pooka, ...

Vernon Hills High School's soon-to-be-graduates are being sent away with a gift local firefighters hope will keep them safe even after they leave the area.

Reptiles deserve respect. That's what families will learn when Dave DiNaso's Traveling World of Reptiles comes to the Vernon Area Public Library, 300 Olde Half Day Road, Lincolnshire, 1-2 p.m. Sunday, June 14.