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Jane Ferry, the city’s public relations specialist, said she checked city records and while two Hispanics have in the past served on the City Council at the same time, this will be the first time three will hold office simultaneously.

Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at polling places throughout Lake County as voters choose heads of their local government and governing bodies like city councils, village boards, school boards, park commissioners and library trustees, as well as decide referendum questions.

Incumbents Lucy Leguizamo and Rick Riddle along with first-time board candidates Carolina Fabian, Khershuana Hanna, Christine Lensing and Randy Sobecki are competing for the three available positions in the April 4 general election with different approaches to schooling.

Illinois School Currently Named After Thomas Jefferson Will Be Renamed for Rep. John Lewis People 1 hr ago © Provided by People Jeff Hutchens/Getty John Lewis An Illinois middle school named after Thomas Jefferson will be renamed in honor of civil rights icon and Congressman John Lewis due to Jefferson's past as an enslaver. The Waukegan School Board announced the official name change in a statement that also revealed a second school in the district will be named after hometown hero Edith M. Smith. "They were civil rights icons. They played important roles furthering the equity which we...

Two Waukegan middle schools were renamed Tuesday for a pair of civil rights icons — U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia and Edith M. Smith, who began a legal battle which desegregated a local elementary school in the 1960s.