SpaceX on Sunday successfully launched its first West Coast satellite. The Falcon 9 rocket took off as scheduled at 7:21 p.m. PDT from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. About 12 minutes …

Timothy Loehmann, who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice has been hired by the Tamir Rice, police department.

Chinese stocks took a hammering Monday as traders returned to work after a weeklong holiday in the world’s second-largest economy. Losses on major indexes in mainland China were as high as 4.8% in a major market rout, with the China A50, which includes major companies from both the Shenzhen and Shanghai indexes, as the biggest […]

After a blistering confirmation battle, Justice Brett Kavanaugh will take his seat for oral arguments on the U.S. Supreme Court with a skeptical public, a majority of which opposed his nomination. However, Democrats may not be able to exploit this fact in the upcoming elections as much as they…

Beginning Monday, October 22 through Saturday, November 3, 2018, the Village of Round will serve as an early voting site for all Lake County voters. The entrance is located in the Annex Building located behind the Village Hall, 442 N. Cedar Lake Road, Round Lake, IL. Hours are Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 […]

The Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District is hosting their Annual Open House Saturday, October 20th from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm at Round Lake Fire Station #1, 409 Nippersink Road. The open house will include fun and education for children and adults, fire station tours, touch-a-truck, games, and food

Come out for the preseason tip-off October 21st, 2018, watch Vipers Pro Basketball take on the Chicago Knights at 7:00 pm at Round Lake High School. This will be the Pre-season tip-off for the season preparing for the regular season starting Nov 10th, 2018. DATE-TIME Sun, October 21, 2018 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM CDT […]

Teresa Steinhagen, a third-grade teacher at Indian Hill Elementary in Round Lake Heights, has been nominated for the National Life Group LifeChanger of the Year award.

Brett Kavanaugh will be on the Supreme Court in time to hear cases on immigration, product liability and the Armed Career Criminal Act. Kavanaugh was sworn in Saturday by Chief Justice John Roberts and former associate justice Anthony Kennedy, for whom he clerked a quarter century ago. A White House ceremony will be held Monday, […]

There’s a new Facebook hoax going around — and it’s targeting your inbox. “We’ve heard that some people are seeing posts or messages about accounts being cloned on Facebook. It takes the form of a ‘chain mail’ type of notice,” a Facebook official said. Here’s what happens: you receive a message from an existing Facebook […]

The collapse of Toys “R” Us Inc. has its rivals fighting over billions of dollars in holiday toy sales now up for grabs, and is also likely to make it harder for last-minute shoppers to get their hands on some of the year’s hottest items. Walmart Inc., Target Corp. and other chains are setting aside […]

Sunday’s move will inject a net 750 billion yuan ($109.2 billion) in cash into the banking system by releasing a total of 1.2 trillion yuan in liquidity, with 450 billion yuan of that to offset maturing medium-term lending facility (MLF) loans. The RRR cut, announced on the last day of China’s week-long National Day holiday, […]

A judge in Rockford has heard arguments on both sides of a federal lawsuit filed against McHenry Township officials that aims to derail a binding referendum that would give voters the power to abolish the road district in the November election. The plaintiffs in the case – listed as McHenry Township residents Robert Beltran and […]

The case of Melodie Gliniewicz — widow of disgraced Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz and accused of aiding his scheme to steal thousands from a youth organization — took a detour this week to the Illinois Second District Appellate Court in Elgin, where justices were asked to decide whether texts and emails between […]

Hard-core drinking and whoring. If Kavanaugh’s yearbook is fair game, so is Ford’s. Just sayin’.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, did the most amazing thing on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Friday: She spoke rationally. That’s something you rarely see in Congress. In a dramatic floor speech, Collins explained her decision to support the nomination of the highly qualified Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Her remarks were […]