Getting a cellphone at an early age is today’s version of passing one’s first driver’s license test.

Pete Marin, CEO of T5, said that given the “extent of community questions and concerns,” the company has “volunteered to indefinitely suspend our permit application for wetland remediation.”

A goal of the Waukegan Park District is to eventually have a park within a 10-minute walking distance for every resident.

Participants also learned about programs to help keep community members out of the justice system.

Nick Farmakis and his teammates on Libertyville’s baseball team learn their academic record sets them apart too.

A four-block stretch through Washington Park, where the Waukegan River winds its way through ravines, is under consideration for a pilot undertaking of the larger proposed Waukegan River Ravines Corridor Improvement Project.

With less than six months left in his legislative career, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is coming to terms with the idea that the DREAM Act — what he describes as his “most important” piece of legislation — will not become law.