Weekly news updates from the Lake County News-Sun delivered every Wednesday afternoon.
 Tuesday, May 1 A Vernon Hills teenager was scheduled in court to face charges of possessing five semiautomatic weapons without a valid FOID card. |
| Rush hour commuters are experiencing delays Tuesday evening near Highland Park after a road buckled due to weather conditions. |
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| No injuries were reported, despite the damage to the Buckingham Place Apartments, which left some of the 88 units scorched by the fire and others ruined by water damage, according to the Waukegan Fire Department, which is investigating the cause of the blaze. |
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| Lisa Hessel will finish out the term of Vernon Hills-based Community High School District 128 school board member Ellen Mauer. |
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| Teachers and parents are imploring the Township High School District 113 school board to stop the exodus of talented staff members they view as symptomatic of a deeper climate crisis. |
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| One firefighter was injured and 19 garages were totalled by a fire in Round Lake Beach Monday night. |
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