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  1. Ray Bradbury's Books to Go to Waukegan LibraryRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Librarian and Information Science News

    Author Ray Bradbury moved to Los Angeles in 1934 and spent the rest of his life on the West Coast, but his fondness for Waukegan IL never dissipated.

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  2. Waukegan man dies in crash in Old Mill CreekRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | Lake County News-Sun

    A Waukegan man was killed late Sunday, June 16, when the pickup truck he was a passenger in crashed off Route 45 north of Grass Lake Road in Old Mill Creek.

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  3. Ray Bradbury book collection going to Waukegan libraryRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Chicago Chronicle

    A year after author Ray Bradbury's death, the Waukegan Public Library is preparing to inherit a collection of books and other memorabilia from the famed science-fiction master.

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  4. Waukegan library to get Ray Bradburya s book collectionRead the original story

    12 hrs ago | Daily Herald

    A year after author Ray Bradbury's death, the Waukegan Public Library is preparing to inherit a collection of books and other memorabilia from the famed science-fiction master.

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  5. Date set for murder trial of Kenosha manRead the original story

    12 hrs ago | Daily Herald

    The trial for a man accused of killing a Round Lake Park woman during a robbery at a Waukegan check cashing store in 2007 is expected to occur in September.

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  6. Sci-Fi/Fantasy Club: The Martian ChroniclesRead the original story

    Yesterday | Daily Kos

    ... Chronicles is not science fiction, it's fantasy." There's something to what he said; but Bradbury, growing up in Waukegan Illinois in the 1920s, reading Edgar Rice Burroughs, and later writing for the types of magazines he had devoured as a boy, ...

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  7. Former mayor's home has been a bed and breakfast in Mundelein for 25 yearsRead the original story

    Friday Jun 14 | Daily Herald

    ... on East Maple Avenue (Route 176) and convert it into a bed and breakfast as a retirement business venture. Then Waukegan residents, the couple was sold on the B&B experience by their daughter, Nancy, who had stayed near the Wisconsin Dells. "And she ...

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  8. Boater in fatal DUI gets 10 yearsRead the original story

    Friday Jun 14 | Chicago Chronicle

    David Hatyina sentencingDavid Hatyina wipes tears from his eyes after reading a statement during the second day of his sentencing hearing at the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan.

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  9. Lake County offices accesible during renovationRead the original story

    Friday Jun 14 | Daily Herald

    Public access to Lake County offices will be available while renovation of the sixth through ninth floors of the headquarters in downtown Waukegan takes place over the next 18 months.

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  10. Waukegan police release shooting suspect, continue investigationRead the original story

    Friday Jun 14 | Lake County News-Sun

    Waukegan police took a man into custody Thursday after a 21-year-old man was shot in the lower back, but the man was later released after investigators determined he was not one of three shooting suspects.

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  11. Waukegan's Whittier School may be renamed for Ray BradburyRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Jun 13 | Lake County News-Sun

    Ray Bradbury would join the ranks of Jack Benny and Thomas Jefferson in having a Waukegan public school named in his honor under a proposal to rename Whittier Elementary on Lewis Avenue.

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  12. 3 Waukegan men face local forgery chargesRead the original story

    Wednesday Jun 12 | The Times

    ... County. Nicolas A. Chavez-Garcia, 30; Joel Gayton-Sandoval, 31; and Fernando S. Guizar, 38, all of 658 Lenox Ave., Waukegan, each were charged this week in La Salle County Circuit Court with forgery and participation in a continuing financial crimes ...

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  13. Cole-Parmer Donates 5,000 Toys to Hospital Pediatric ProgramRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Jun 12 | PRWeb

    Cole-Parmer delivered more than 900 packages of toy cars, more than 1,900 boxes of crayons, nearly 1,400 coloring books, and 800 packages of nonskid socks to the Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, IL.

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  14. Lawsuit settled in alleged Highland Park huffing deathRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Jun 12 | Chicago Tribune

    Carly Rousso pre-trial hearing Carly Rousso, 18, of Highland Park, stands in the courtroom of Judge James K. Booras during a pretrial hearing in 19th Judicial Circuit Court of Lake County in Waukegan, Ill., today.

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  15. Ramada Waukegan GurneeRead the original story

    Wednesday Jun 12 | AOL City Guide

    Just 4 miles east of Six Flags Great America, this Waukegan hotel boasts an on-site restaurant and indoor pool.

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  16. Waukegan OKs license for first microbrewery since 1916Read the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Jun 12 | Lake County News-Sun

    Nearly a century after the temperance movement forced Besley's Brewery to close its doors, the local production of beer is heading back to Waukegan after the City Council approved a measure last week that creates a liquor classification for microbreweries.

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  17. Waukegan bans food scraps at compost facilityRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Jun 11 | Lake County News-Sun

    Ongoing efforts to control odors emerging from the Nu-Earth Organics compost facility on Waukegan's west side continued last week when the City Council enacted a ban on the processing of discarded food.

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  18. Lake County Board asks Quinn to veto election legislationRead the original story

    Tuesday Jun 11 | Daily Herald

    ... and House. Some commissioners and lawmakers have blamed state Sen. Terry Link for the recommendation. Link, a Waukegan Democrat who leads his party's organization in Lake County, was the only senator from Lake County to vote for the proposal. At ...

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  19. Waukegan Knights of Columbus to hold Wisconsin golf outing SaturdayRead the original story

    Tuesday Jun 11 | Daily Herald

    The Knights of Columbus Waukegan Council 731 has announced the date of its third annual Father's Day Golf Outing to be this Saturday.

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  20. Civil suit settled in alleged Highland Park 'huffing' death; criminal trial postponedRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Jun 11 | Chicago Tribune

    Carly Rousso pre-trial hearing Carly Rousso, 18, of Highland Park, stands in the courtroom of Judge James K. Booras during a pretrial hearing in 19th Judicial Circuit Court of Lake County in Waukegan, Ill., today.

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