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Illinois travel boosters are calling all tourists to Plano, where scenes for the 2011 film “Man of Steel” were shot and the community now hosts an annual “Smallville Superfest.&#8221

Illinois tourism options range from Superman to Ozzy Osbourne

June 4, 2018 at 3:27 p.m.

Summer arrived Thursday, at least in the meteorological sense of the term, and if you were trapped inside during its 76 degrees of sunshine with a dew point in the...

Moran: Washington Street underpass progress speeds up for summer

June 4, 2018 at 4:53 p.m.

The mile-long backup on Route 12 near Genoa City, Wis., on Sunday as Flatlanders ended their Dairyland holiday and headed back to reality was a reminder that the wonders of...

Moran: Taking a rolling tumble aboard The Joker

June 4, 2018 at 5:34 p.m.

On a rare day when the sun was out during this Seattle-like spring, my 13-year-old talked me into not only going to Six Flags Great America but also going on...

Darth Vader, Imperial stormtroopers and Boba Fett were among the familiar faces on hand as Lake County headed out on Monday, May 22, to see "5-25-77," an independent film that was shot in and around Lake County over the last 13 years.

Moran: ‘5-25-77’ earns its long-sought moment in the spotlight

June 4, 2018 at 6:42 p.m.

Seventeen years ago this spring, filmmaker Patrick Read Johnson ("Baby's Day Out") sat over lunch at Ofelia's Azteca Restaurant in Waukegan and spoke with barely bridled enthusiasm about an autobiographical...

Eastbound morning rush hour traffic backs up on Route 120 as it approaches Route 83in Grayslake on May 10, 2017.

Veteran Lake County official weighs in on future of Route 120

June 4, 2018 at 7:12 p.m.

The last time I remember seeing former state senator/Waukegan mayor/Illinois Tollway board member Bill Morris, it was in September of 2015 at a Liveable Lake County event that focused on...

Land set aside in the 20th century for a proposed Route 120 bypass cuts directly behind homes in Round Lake's Madrona Village subdivision, which was constructed while still waiting for the roadway in the 21st century.

Moran: Route 120 just as needed but just as troubled as Route 53

June 4, 2018 at 8:39 p.m.

If you've lived in central Lake County long enough, you've seen the vacant corridors of land set aside — in some cases, directly through subdivisions like Cambridge West in Mundelein...

Missing letters aside, theater marquees across the land are begging us to forget reality and hide in the warm embrace of the summer movie season.

Moran: The summer movie season is here to offer desperate distraction

June 4, 2018 at 9:07 p.m.

If you're looking for a release from the televised political gravitas playing out in Washington this year, Hollywood is delivering its annual bread-and-circuses distraction in the form of the Summer...

Amid the stack of bills and junk mail comes a warning that mail service might be suspended unless the mailbox is equipped with its little red flag.

Moran: Readers respond to the Mailbox Flag Crisis of 2017

June 4, 2018 at 11:15 p.m.

Some of us are George Bailey, discovering that no man is a failure who has friends. And then there are those of us who, like Blanche DuBois, have always depended...

This residential mailbox with a missing red flag is more or less in stark violation of federal law and apparently is grounds for suspension of mail delivery, if not a sentence of breaking rocks in a federal pen.

Moran: Making a federal case out of a missing mailbox flag

June 4, 2018 at 11:57 p.m.

The federal government is after me. If this is my last message to the outside world, tell my wife and children that I lived my life without regret. This crisis...

State Rep. Scott Drury, D-Highwood, seen here testifying at an anti-violence panel in July 2014, announced in April that he is exploring a run for governor in the 2018 election.

Selle: Drury learns the cold truth of political power

June 5, 2018 at 12:48 a.m.

The heart of Mike Madigan must be warmed with the plethora of Democratic candidates seeking to face off with Gov. Bruce Rauner next year. A half-dozen hopefuls have emerged as...

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