Zion News

Zion last summer rented seats for a temporary ballpark used by the Lake County Fielders independent baseball team.

A federal jury ruled Friday that North Chicago police did not use excessive force or violate the rights of a man who was shocked with a Taser during his 2009 arrest.

Mild winter weather has allowed the Lake County Forest Preserve to get a jump on restoration work at Lyons Woods north of Waukegan that includes cleaning up damage from heavy winds last summer on either side of North Avenue.

A Zion woman accused of collecting more than $40,000 in public housing assistance she was not entitled to receive pleaded not guilty Thursday in Lake County circuit court.

Chicago's DIRGE WITHIN will release its sophomore full-length album, "There Will Be Blood" , on April 10 via Rocket Science Ventures / THC: Music .

Students at Our Lady of Humility School walk past photos and poster for 5th grade student Haley Bjorn of Zion who suffers from leukemia.

Clearing debris has been a long haul in the seven months since twin storms slammed Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park along the Lake Michigan shore.

Mountain bluebird, Sialia currucoides , Bechstein, 1798, also known as the arctic bluebird and as the ultramarine bluebird, photographed at Illinois Beach State Park , Zion, Illinois .

Commuters face hike under new Metra fare policy. The cost of a one-way ticket from Evanston to downtown Chicago increased from $3.50 to $4.25. fares increased Wednesday by an average of 25 percent across the board - the greatest single fare hike in the company's history.

Wholesome Temptation a new self-help cookbook from Cancer Treatment Centers of America offers nutritious, RD-created recipes to help patients manage side effects and live a better quality life during treatment and after - ZION, Ill., Jan.

Mayor Lane Harrison was back at the head of the City Council Monday as officials discussed infusing $2.5 million in tax-anticipation funding to prevent the city's working cash from running dry.

Mystery Bird photographed at Illinois Beach State Park , Zion, Illinois . [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Paul Sweet, 12 November 2011 [ velociraptorize to see the complete unaltered image]. Sony Alpha-35 camera with a Sony 75-300 mm lens This North American mystery bird is interesting because it has no recognised subspecies, ... (more)

Possession of controlled substance, other charges A Beth Demas of Morton Grove was arrested Jan.

Facing a growing budget crisis, Zion city officials entered talks to sell City Hall to a politically connected finance company controlled by a convicted felon, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.

Chicago's DIRGE WITHIN has set "There Will Be Blood" as the title of its sophomore full-length album, due on April 10 via Rocket Science Ventures / THC: Music .