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Parents arriving to dispense of their children at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are advised early and often to stay on task.

Column: College Move-In Day arrives like a load of bricks and mini-fridges

June 2, 2018 at 7:24 p.m.

After more than 18 years of raising your child from diapers to skinny jeans and from bedtime stories to midnight curfews, it all boils down to one bold sign with...

King Chaos, upon which 40 riders at a time have been tumbling since 2004 at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, is set to tumble for a final time on Sunday, Aug. 27.

Moran: Demise of King Chaos sparks forecasts for Great America’s next big thing

June 2, 2018 at 9:31 p.m.

King Chaos is dead. Long live whatever will replace it. To fill in more than a few blanks created by those opening sentences, officials at Six Flags Great America released...

Waukegan High School's Washington Street campus will feature building-wide air conditioning for the first time in its long history when it opens for the 2017-18 school year on Aug. 24.

Column: Schools from Waukegan to Lake Villa join the air-conditioned world

June 2, 2018 at 11:55 p.m.

There are two dominant schools of extremist thought when it comes to air conditioning: It is a technological miracle that allows human existence in areas of the Earth designed to...

Cedar Lake Road has been closed to through traffic since early July for replacement of the culvert that crosses over Squaw Creek.

Column: A rainy July leads to an August chock full of culvert detours

June 3, 2018 at 1:13 a.m.

Culvert Mania has descended on Lake County. What does this mean to you? It means the Dog Days of Summer have arrived with one blocked roadway after another — and...

Crews prepare the surface for an asphalt bike path and apply stain to a retaining wall along new concrete lanes as work nears completion on the $23 million end of the Washington Street Thoroughfare project.

Washington Street underpass in Grayslake might be open in one week

June 3, 2018 at 1:39 a.m.

If you've been following the 30-odd-month saga of the Washington Street underpass at the Canadian National Railway in Grayslake — and/or if you've simply been stuck in traffic by it...

The Park at Wrigley, where Cubs fans who have yet to gaze upon the 2016 World Series Trophy can complete a pilgrimage.

Moran: At long last, an audience with the 2016 World Series Trophy

June 3, 2018 at 3:01 a.m.

After a standoff of nearly nine months, the truth became evident: If the mountain would not come to someone who lives in Lake County, someone who lives in Lake County...

Grayslake Central is among the schools that recognize keeping a running track open to the public provides benefits for not only individual residents but the community at large.

Column: ‘Public welcome’ are welcome words at high school tracks

June 3, 2018 at 3:25 a.m.

Many years and about a million miles ago, I stopped by Waukegan High School's Weiss Field on Lewis Avenue to do some modest, middle-aged running on the track that rings...

A heath official holds a live Culex mosquito, the type of mosquito which is the carrier of the West Nile virus.

Lake County foresters press onward in the never-ending battle against mosquitoes

June 3, 2018 at 4:49 a.m.

The calm after the storm — the relative calm, give or take a random 2-inch rainfall — is being filled with a familiar buzzing sound, as floodwater mosquitoes emerge from...

Metra customers cheer after crews successfully cleared a fallen tree that was blocking the tracks at the Libertyville station, on July 12, 2017.

Moran: ‘Army’ of volunteers save historic artifacts from flooded Grayslake museum basement

June 3, 2018 at 5:15 a.m.

The river depths alone have dictated that last week's flood will go down in the Lake County record books. But as that history was being made, history was also being...

The Liberty Theatre remained stubbornly open the week of July 16 despite the building being marketed as a "redevelopment opportunity."

Moran: If The Liberty Theatre goes away, get ready to dig deeper in your wallet

June 3, 2018 at 6:34 a.m.

Last weekend, the decision was made to invest in yet another Spider-Man movie — in this case, "Spider-Man: Didn't They Just Do This With A Different Guy In 2014?" Actually,...

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