Moran: ‘Chicago Fire’ returns to its favorite non-Chicago roadway
More than four, but not quite five years ago — September 2012 to be exact — word filtered out of Waukegan that the Melvin E. Amstutz Expressway would again be...
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Moran: The Joker takes shape as coaster-speculation season warms up
This being February, Speculation Season is in full bloom. Who will win Best Actor — Denzel Washington or Casey Affleck? Who will run against Bruce Rauner in 2018 — perpetual...
Moran: Ready or not, here comes another off-off-year election season
Battle-fatigued voters might not have noticed it and/or might have willfully ignored it, but the 2017 election season has slipped into the atmosphere, enticing voters to prepare themselves for action...
Moran: Grayslake, Waukegan look to preserve vertical history
Like surgeons using 25-ton scalpels, demolition crews used a certain amount of precision in recent months when they tore down dormant 20th century industrial buildings in both Waukegan and Grayslake....
Moran: A Waukegan lakefront eyesore is suddenly wiped away
When most people last roamed down to Waukegan Municipal Beach, the weather was warm, the water was cool and the late-summer air was filled with the belching sounds of excavators...
Moran: Washington Street businesses try to keep a built-in customer base
Twice a day on every weekday between late August and early June, the commercial strip on Washington Street in Waukegan around Jackson Street is flooded with the arrival and departure...
Moran: Blizzard of ’67 ‘like a scene from Dr. Zhivago’
Fifty years ago this week, Waukegan was enjoying a run of unseasonably warm weather similar to the 10-day break from January that we've just enjoyed here in 2017. The similarity...
Moran: Restaurant reviews turn Waukegan into a 4- to 5-star attraction
The people have spoken. And we're told we must accept their judgment, whether we're cool with it or not. I am referring, of course, to the crowd-sourced review sites we...
Moran: Roundabout possible in beautiful downtown Monaville
The pages of U.S. history are filled with forgotten communities that fell off the map because the railroads or interstates either didn't grant them a stop or bypassed them completely....
Moran: Cubs’ trophy tour considering Waukegan stop?
One month after the Chicago Cubs announced a World Series trophy tour with no Lake County stops on the itinerary, a revised roster was released this week. Eager eyes ran...