Beach Park News

A Monday evening fire in an abandoned three-story building on the 2800 block of Eschol Avenue was responded to by crews from four area departments.

Zion Moose Lodge 667 helped nearly 40 families stock up for the holidays with all the fixings for a Christmas meal and more, in a tradition that has been going on for over 40 years.

The village'sfirst TIF district is bearing fruit with the opening of Anna's Marketplace.

Faraz F. Sardharia, 23, of 480 Old Walnut Circle, Gurnee, was charged Dec. 10 with unlawful possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia after his vehicle was stopped at N. Hunt Club Road and Dada Drive.

To donate to the Hope Fund, send checks or money orders to Help Them To Hope, c/o The Lake County News-Sun, 2383 N. Delany Road, Waukegan, Ill.

Jean Studebaker of Winthrop Harbor believes warm feet can warm the heart. A few months ago, she started a sock drive called Socks for the Soul to benefit the homeless.

To donate to the Hope Fund, send checks or money orders to Help Them To Hope, c/o The Lake County News-Sun, 2383 N. Delany Road, Waukegan, Ill.

Several Waukegan bowling leagues from Bertrand Lanes and Sunset Bowl donate to a good cause -- The Lake County News-Sun's Help Them to Hope fund.

Fire officials said Thursday they believe an overhead lighting bulb was the cause of a warehouse fire to which several Lake County fire departments responded.

The long-proposed widening and other improvements of Green Bay Road won't come soon enough for many people here.

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.