Beach Park News

It feels a lot more like Christmas for Trisha Wirtala, 20, and more than a thousand other people who watched the Christmas parade on Main Street and annual tree lighting Friday.

The first apple pie Jan Knobbe of Beach Park made her husband more than 50 years ago landed upside down on the kitchen floor after hot apple juice burned her hand.

Most people stopped what they were doing, walking or driving, to stare at the procession of antique tractors cruising through town to unincorporated Russell.

Fear mongering If the Gitmo detainees are moved to the Thomson Correctional Facility they will be under guard by the Department of Defense.

The Illinois Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting concerning a study for improving Green Bay Road from Russell Road to Sunset Avenue.

Deputy Mayor Gord Wauchope says he doesn't support building stores and businesses near Innisfil Beach Park.

David Karczewski and wife Debra own Piggly Wiggly food stores in Antioch, Zion and Grayslake.

The Rolling Hills campus in Zion was rolling in the holiday spirit with their 9th annual Holiday Craft Fair Saturday.

Renaming West Adams Road was long overdue. Now it's West Major Avenue. The Village Board approved the change Tuesday night, unfinished business from annexing West Adams from Wadsworth more than six years ago.

Giana Burkley was warned repeatedly to keep her distance from a 13-year-old grade school girl.

In a turnabout from his position Friday, Lake County Board member Angelo Kyle of Waukegan filed election petitions Monday to take on state Rep.

Three countywide office holders will face competition in the November 2010 general election.

Encouraged by the success of its first tax-increment finance district, the Village Board has decided to launch two more and extend the first.

Three new Neighborhood Watch programs have begun in the village, paving the way for a climate where neighbors watch out for each other.

Waukeganite plays waiting game for kidney transplant Operation will free him from dialysis By JUDY MASTERSON JMASTERSON@SCN1.COM WAUKEGAN -- The call may come in the middle of the night, and when it comes, Ron Howard will grab the keys to his car, where he has already stashed a bag that holds a toothbrush and a Bible, and drive south.

Beach Park amends noise ordinance BEACH PARK -- If your car stereo can be heard booming from 26 feet away, you would be in violation of a newly amended noise ordinance approved by trustees Tuesday night.

Two candidates are running in the Feb. 2 Democratic primary for Lake County sheriff for the opportunity to challenge Republican Sheriff Mark Curran in the November 2010 general election.

Visitors are talking about bogies of the scary kind at Golf-A-Rama on Sheridan Road.

Chilly, daylong rain provided a gloomy backdrop Thursday as members of the Lake County Community Foundation sought to demonstrate the level of need in Lake County.

Sunday was all about toys and classic cars, at least for the 2,000 people who attended the Toys for Tots Classic Car Cruise.