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Former Waukegan nun marks 50 years
It was a very bad math teacher who persuaded Mother Mary Clarice to become a very good math teacher.
Algoma woman, child killed in Illinois crash
Alcohol may be to blame for a head-on collision that killed a 24-year-old Algoma woman and her 16-month-old son Friday night in northern Illinois.
Alcohol Found in Car That Killed 2
Share + Jul 5, 2009 5:29 pm US/Central Alcohol found in car that killed woman, toddler in Tri-State crash WADSWORTH, Ill.
A young mother and her baby were killed in a crash over the Fourth of July weekend.
The head-on collision occurred early Saturday morning on I-94 at Russell Road, which is near north suburban Wadsworth and the Wisconsin border.
Mom, son killed in head-on crash in Illinois; second child in critical condition
A 24-year-old Wisconsin mother and her 1-year-old son have died in a head-on collision in northern Illinois that authorities believe was alcohol-related. Illinois State Police Master Sgt.
'Adios Chavez' Politics of oil behind gas station's switch to Shell
The sign at Randy Whitmore's gas station at Delany and York House roads is getting a lot of attention.
Study measures impact of deer in Lake County
The Lake County Forest Preserve District has formed a partnership with Southern Illinois University-Carbondale researchers to measure the damage deer are doing to five protected natural sites in northern Lake County.
Day-care providers join rally in capital
Local day-care providers are among those expected to attend a rally in Springfield today against potential state budget cuts that pose a major threat to social service programs.
'History in the making' at Savanna House
The skies above the Savanna House were bubbling like gray pudding in a cauldron last Friday, as the storm that would produce a tornado in Kenosha rolled southwest.
Pyramid House reopens to public
The Great Pyramid at Cheops has stood for more than 4,500 years, a testament to decades of labor endured by workers -- possibly slaves -- that might have numbered in the tens of thousands.
Navy Ensign Eric Peters , son of Melodi and Gary Peters of Lake Bluff; and Navy Ensign Audrey Oberdick , daughter of Bernadine and Hans-Peter Oberdick of Wadsworth; graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and were commissioned to the current rank in the United States Navy.
North Chicago spending $475,000 on street, sewer work
More than $475,000 of city funds is being spent to improve local streets during June after officials decided to combine street resurfacing and sewer work.
Summer is 'Welcome Back' for Waukegan Municipal Band
Temperatures might still be in the springtime range, but the arrival of summer was signaled this week with the return of the Waukegan Municipal Band's lakefront summer concert series.
Wadsworth multi-vehicle crash injures nine
Nine people were hospitalized following a three vehicle accident in Wadsworth Friday evening.
Three-car crash in Wadsworth injures 9
A three-car crash in Wadsworth left nine people injured - at least one critically - Friday evening.
William C. Schaeffer, 20, of 377 Dorset Court, Park City, and Jordan T. Collins, 19, of 14439 W. Wedgewood Court, Wadsworth, were each charged May 26 with with unlawful possession of alcohol by a minor at Route 132 and Dilleys Road.
Miscue caused Old Glory to fly upside down
A malfunctioning flagpole mechanism -- and not any form of protest -- was blamed Wednesday afternoon for the U.S. flag flying upside down at Whitmore's Citgo at Delany and York House roads.
Foresters seek advice on Waukegan Savanna
On a map, Waukegan Savanna's 772 acres resemble a jigsaw puzzle, cut into sections by York House Road, Delany Road, the Union Pacific railroad tracks and a ComEd right of way.
Traditionally, if high school seniors were going to give freshmen and sophomores something to remember, it was often uncomfortable.
CAP calls attention to local poverty
Bill McNeely has experienced poverty. The Wadsworth minister grew up on Chicago's South Side in what he described as "a struggle" to make ends meet.
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