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Ernie Banks and Wrigley Field, all decked out for the rare air of October baseball before Game 1 of the 2016 National League Championship Series.

Moran: Absorbing the electricity of October baseball in Wrigleyville

June 12, 2018 at 3:48 a.m.

"Tickets ... tickets ... who needs tickets?" A literal question, asked in low tones by the random guys shuffling by you along Addison Street, trying to keep their possibly illegal...

A roll of "I Voted Today" stickers wait to be given to Lake County residents.

Moran: Smartphone Generation inundated with pre-election info

June 9, 2018 at 10:09 a.m.

We're at T-minus three weeks, give or take, from the one election that everyone you know is at least aware is happening. Whether or not they actually show up to...

Chicago Cub fans gather outside Wrigley Field to celebrate the Cubs clinching game 4 of the NLDS over the San Francisco Giants on Oct. 11.

Moran: Cubs vs. Dodgers and the art of the friendly wager

June 9, 2018 at 10:42 a.m.

As Cubtober rolls on with Saturday night's start of the National League Championship Series — which at this point in history can officially be described as an annual event for...

Moran: Campaign fliers provide a good laugh on the way to the bonfire

June 9, 2018 at 11:35 a.m.

With one month to go until Election Day — one long, long, long month — we can distract ourselves from the dysfunction of our political culture by indulging ourselves in...

Waukegan Harbor boater Mike Luxem took this photo after his sixth effort to cover up graffiti splashed on the light tower at the harbor's entrance.

Moran: Graffiti on Waukegan Harbor tower inspires counter-measures

June 9, 2018 at 11:43 a.m.

If you take a stroll on the reinforced-concrete breakwall that extends a quarter-mile out toward Lake Michigan from Waukegan Harbor, you'll find a cast-iron light tower that has kept boaters...

Fans fly their "W" flags in the bleachers after a 6-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Sept. 20, 2016.

Moran: Don’t fear the reaper this Cubtober

June 9, 2018 at 1:51 p.m.

To repeat almost exactly what was written in this space at the start of October 2015: I've put off writing this one as long as I could. The Cubs are...

A vacant Kmart on Belvidere Road in Waukegan can no longer house the Catholic Charities Christmas Gift Program as Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep moves forward with plans to renovate the building.

Moran: Catholic Charities Christmas Gift Program in need of shelter

June 12, 2018 at 10:56 a.m.

The official record shows that the mercury dipped to 50 degrees overnight Monday into Tuesday, dangerously close to the 40s and as cool as it's been around here since the...

Moran: Tornado Alley dead-ends before Lake County

June 12, 2018 at 1:02 p.m.

Jinx. Knock on wood. Having established that, let's talk about a dirty little secret that really shouldn't be aired out, lest the fates be tempted: Lake County sits in a...

It would take some 27 trips aboard Raging Bull at Six Flags Great America to equal the distance of a marathon.

Moran: Could you stomach a marathon on a roller coaster?

June 12, 2018 at 5:43 a.m.

The sign said mile 22 out of the 26.2 total miles involved in the Advocate Dreyer Fox Valley Marathon. A mediocre training season, 80-degree heat as an otherwise beautiful race...

Property along South Sheridan Road in Waukegan that sits along the Lake Michigan bluff is being eyed for redevelopment under a plan set to move before the City Council.

Moran: When it comes to Waukegan, Lex Luthor had a point

June 12, 2018 at 6:48 a.m.

It's suddenly been 10 years since the underrated "Superman Returns" marked the first attempt to reboot the Man of Steel on film, and an observation about real estate from Kevin...

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