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Column: Annual Tour of Homes showcases depth and diversity of Waukegan housing styles

June 2, 2018 at 5:12 a.m.

Fans of Chip and Joanna Gaines are in mourning this week, lamenting the impending demise of HGTV's "Fixer Upper." But the relentlessly perky couple has helped educate the cable-ready world...

Alejandro Villanueva of the Pittsburgh Steelers stands by himself in the tunnel for the national anthem prior to the game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on September 24, 2017.

Column: Muhammad Ali’s complexity is an opportunity for reflection

June 2, 2018 at 5:51 a.m.

From the looks of it, America just barely managed to live through a weekend in which our ritual of watching young men damage themselves for our enjoyment was interrupted by...

Chicagoans did what was necessary this week to deal with the first three-day run of 90-degree temperatures in September since 1970.

Column: Wake me up when September heat wave ends

June 2, 2018 at 7:39 a.m.

A strange, unsettling sound could be heard on Thursday around lunchtime while walking past a playground outside a central Lake County school. Silence. Complete and creepy silence. Normally, the September...

Lake County motorists can still expect major road construction projects to move forward thanks to a quarter-cent sales tax dedicated to transportation improvements.

Column: Millburn Bypass, Quentin Road widening among ‘aggressive’ 2018 plans for county roadwork

June 2, 2018 at 9:52 a.m.

This just in: We have a clarification that will come as either good news or bad news, depending on if you see major road construction as a benefit or an...

Author Stephen King, pictured in June 2017, has witnessed the film adaptation of his 1986 novel "It" become a box-office hit at a time when the box office is usually asleep.

Column: The season of “It” raises more R-rated questions for parents

June 2, 2018 at 10:38 a.m.

Just when you thought drive-in season was over, "It" happened. "We did sell out last night. Early," read a Facebook post by the McHenry Outdoor Theater last Saturday, the morning...

A brief but critical gap in Lake County's string of multi-use bike/pedestrian paths along Washington Street is being addressed with a new trail west of Chesapeake Boulevard in Grayslake.

Washington Street’s bike/hike trail network gets a critical addition

June 2, 2018 at 11:59 a.m.

A compelling invitation arrived via email a week or so ago: "Washington Street Thoroughfare Project Opening Event Sept. 29." I brushed off the old tuxedo and read the details on...

Chicago-area native Cameron Meredith is injured in a collision during a preseason game last month between the Bears and Titans.

Column: We now return to NFL football, our increasingly guilty pleasure

June 2, 2018 at 2:13 p.m.

Two weeks ago, after a 24-year-old man had his leg twisted in a horrible direction while working at a jobsite and was forced to be transported for medical attention, I...

The outdated intersection of Fremont Center Road and Route 60 is being eyed for an estimated $2.7 million improvement that would involve a traffic signal and a safer angle for turns.

$2.7 million upgrade moving forward for troubled Fremont Center Road intersection

June 2, 2018 at 2:51 p.m.

The published estimate from AAA last week was that 35 million Americans would travel 50 miles or more over Labor Day weekend. That sounds exotic in theory, but rarely ends...

Column: Great America aims to take the carnival out of a giant loop ride in 2018

June 2, 2018 at 4:47 p.m.

During an early-August trip to Six Flags St. Louis, I had an opportunity to ride Fireball, a seven-story, ring-shaped thrill ride that sends passengers on a pendulum-style series of movements...

Illinois Tollway officials reported this week that 8 million motorists are expected to travel somewhere on the 292-mile system this Labor Day Weekend, about 300,000 more than the estimated number from Independence Day Weekend.

Moran: Don’t sweat Labor Day Weekend travel on unflooded roads

June 2, 2018 at 5:41 p.m.

Before we begin with this more-or-less annual Labor Day Weekend Travel Preview, it is stated for the record that any observations about rising gas prices are in no way intended...

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