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0 Restaurants & Bars Whether you're a fan of sundaes, milkshakes or more adventurous sweet treats, tell us your pick. Amie Schaenzer , Patch Staff Posted Reply LIBERTYVILLE, IL — Summer is here — that means sunshine, warm weather and of course summertime treats. What better time than now to enjoy some ice cream — especially with National Ice Cream Day coming up on July 18? When it comes to ice cream, everyone’s got their favorite — from banana splits to concretes or mixers to a plain old ice cream cone. So we’re asking Libertyville Patch readers: what’s your favorite place to get ice cream? Nominate your favorite by Thursday, July 16, Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Thank Reply Share Best Ice Cream Near Libertyville: What's Your Favorite? The rules of replying: Be … [Read more...] about Best Ice Cream Near Libertyville: What’s Your Favorite?

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for August 19 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg has asked Sheriff Patti Cole-Tindall to investigate the deletion of text messages in 2020 from the phones of then-Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and other city leaders. Satterberg said Thursday in an emailed statement that it wasn’t clear to him that anyone was going to start this investigation without prompting, The Seattle Times reported. "Just like the public’s right to an open courtroom, people have a right to know what is in public documents – including text messages," he wrote. Satterberg’s office requested the investigation July 28, spokesperson Casey McNerthney said. Cole-Tindall spokesperson Cynthia Sampson said the agency is in the early stages of reviewing the matter. Last year, a whistleblower in … [Read more...] about Washington prosecutors ask for probe into former Seattle mayor’s phone

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist. Photos: Delphine Del Val Everyone knows that person who spends weeks sniffing around travel blogs, going deep into Tripadvisor rabbit holes, collecting Google docs from friends of friends, and creating A Beautiful Mind– style spreadsheets to come up with the best vacations and itineraries possible. In this recurring series, we find those people who’ve done all the work for you and have them walk us through a particularly wonderful, especially well-thought-out vacation they took that you can actually steal. When Delphine Del Val’s father retired and moved from Paris to Provence, the talent agent and founder of Pool Creatives started visiting his home near Aix-en-Provence every summer, at first for one week, then two weeks, then when COVID arrived for a month at a time. “I love the climate,” she says. “It’s warm but dry — the nature is gorgeous.” Del Val last traveled to Provence from New York this spring, and flew back with her … [Read more...] about 7 Days of Le Corbusier and Calder in Provence

0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Community Corner Orphans of the Storm animal shelter finds record number of dogs and cats await adoption due to pandemic Alan Blitz, Volunteer Media Writer , Community Contributor Posted Reply The animal welfare industry has been in crisis over the last year. With staffing and veterinarian shortages, coupled with the increases in returns, surrenders, and abandonments, and decreases in adoption rates, shelters are seeing record setting capacity levels. Pets returned to a shelter sometimes have a harder time finding a new home, as potential owners worry there are behavioral or health issues with a dog or cat. “With capacity levels high, dogs needing more specific homes are constantly being overlooked, especially large size dogs,” said Kristen Tump, Shelter Manager and Event Coordinator, Orphans of the Storm (OOTS), animal shelter, 2200 … [Read more...] about Community can help alleviate pandemic-induced animal shelter crisis

Liz Cheney yucks it up with voters in her home county, which also happens to be a Democratic stronghold. Photo: David Stubbs/REUTERS Faced with almost certain defeat in her battle to win a fourth term in Congress, Liz Cheney appealed to Wyoming Democrats to cross party lines and support her in a Republican primary. It was a pretty big ask, since Wyoming has closed primaries; any Democrat who wanted to vote in the GOP contest had to reregister as a Republican (though the state does allow voters to do that as late as Election Day itself ). There were some clues on Election Night that Democrats did as Cheney wished. For one thing, Democratic primary voting in the statewide House race dropped from 16,859 in the 2018 election to under 8,000 this year (the returns are not yet complete). For another, the only two counties Cheney carried against Trump-endorsed Republican Harriet Hageman (Teton and Albany) were the only two Wyoming counties carried by Joe Biden in 2020. But … [Read more...] about Liz Cheney Got Democrats to Vote for Her. It Didn’t Matter.

0 Business Hewn Bread, which currently operates a bakery in Evanston, was recently recognized by Food & Wine for having the best bread in Illinois. Amie Schaenzer , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Reply LIBERTYVILLE, IL — A popular Evanston bakery is planning to open its second location in Libertyville this fall. The Lake County location is slated to open at 348 N. Milwaukee Avenue and will initially serve a scaled back version of its Evanston menu, including croissants, loaves of blonde country and whole wheat seeded bread and brownies. All of the business's baked goods will still be prepared in Evanston and then transported via delivery vans to the Libertyville location. "We were looking at a whole bunch of towns, but then when this property came up it was like, 'Oh this seems perfect, because it's right on the main street there,'" co-owner Julie Matthei told Patch. "It seems like it's a really … [Read more...] about Nationally Recognized Bakery To Open Location In Libertyville

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge on Friday blocked county prosecutors from enforcing the state’s 1931 ban on abortion for the foreseeable future after two days of witness testimony from abortion experts, providers and the state’s chief medical officer. The ruling comes after the state Court of Appeals said earlier this month that county prosecutors were not covered by a May order and could enforce the prohibition following the fall of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court. “The harm to the body of women and people capable of pregnancy in not issuing the injunction could not be more real, clear, present and dangerous to the court,” Oakland County Judge Jacob Cunningham said during his ruling Friday. David Kallman, an attorney representing two Republican county prosecutors, said an appeal is planned. “The judge ignored all of the clear legal errors and problems in this case, it appears to me, simply because the issue is abortion,” Kallman told The Associated Press … [Read more...] about Judge: Prosecutors cannot enforce Michigan’s abortion ban

0 Restaurants & Bars After moving into to a larger location in Evanston amid the pandemic, the acclaimed artisanal bakery is set to expand into Lake County. Jonah Meadows , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Reply EVANSTON, IL — After moving into a larger location in the midst of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the owners of the artisanal Evanston bakery Hewn plan to open the first satellite location later this year in Libertyville. Hewn co-owners Ellen King and Julie Matthei first opened their doors in Evanston on Dempster Street during the summer of 2013. Six years later, with the help of a Cook County property tax break , they purchased a building on Central Street allowing them to expand their capacity — even as their grand opening came amid enforced closures associated with the COVID-19 virus. "It's been two years of pivoting and trying new things and doing new things and thinking outside the box, … [Read more...] about Hewn Bakery In Evanston To Open Second Location In Libertyville

It was supposed to be a momentous image: The first Black woman on the nation’s highest court, captured in a historic shoot for one of the world’s most distinguished publications. But the end product of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Vogue spread lit social media on fire this week, with many critics complaining that Vogue is too-high profile to continuously miss the mark when it comes to photographing Black subjects. On Tuesday, famed photographer Annie Leibovitz sneak-peeked photos from what Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour called a “historic portrait” for the mag’s famed September issue, released just before the Supreme Court’s new term begins in October. Jackson made history in April when she was confirmed as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. “United States Supreme Court Justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., 2022,” Leibovitz tweeted with two images of Jackson at the National Mall. The first showcased her leaning on … [Read more...] about Where Did Vogue Go So Wrong With Its ‘Historic’ Ketanji Brown Jackson Pic?

close Video Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines of the week Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out what clicked this week in entertainment. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck enjoyed a relaxing moment at a Savannah, Georgia coffee shop ahead of their three-day wedding celebration this weekend. Lopez, 53, and Affleck, 50, stopped into Gallery Espresso on Thursday to enjoy some coffee with their children in tow. The group ordered frozen lattes, some tea and bought a shirt from the "old school" location, the shop manager told Fox News Digital. "They weren't on top of each other," the manager, Jessica, recalled to Fox News Digital. "They weren't like all over each other or anything because they all the kids with them. So they were just pretty casual, just normal. They're just having a normal time." Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have been … [Read more...] about Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez relax at ‘old school’ coffee shop ahead of extravagant 3-day wedding