Charles Selle

Fishermen along this side of Lake Michigan were hauling in good-sized salmon last week. It's been that way most of this summer as sportsmen and women, along with dozens of charter boat captains, seek Big Lake lunkers.

Illinois pols are more adept and agile than Cirque du Soleil aerialists. They've got more up their sleeves than a clique of magicians.

Now that plans for the permanent American Place Casino are finalized, Waukegan officials should look to the possibility of bringing an Amtrak train station to the Fountain Square entertainment complex.

Now that plans for the permanent American Place Casino are finalized, Waukegan officials should look to the possibility of bringing an Amtrak train station to the Fountain Square entertainment complex.

The traditional public library model many of us grew up with has changed as patrons delve into all sorts of offerings currently archived on and off shelves.

It's never a good situation when the ills of a city's hospital appear in the pages of a national magazine. But that's what's happened in the latest issue of Mother Jones.

Debate is underway over a Lake County Sheriff's Office deputy being stripped of his K-9 duties and hoping to adopt his former partner as a pet.

As summer weekends dwindle, it has not been the best of times on area waterways this season. Nor has it been the worst of times.

Through good fortune, topography, and a few ice ages, we're lucky Lake Michigan doesn't touch Canadian lands. If it did, a name change would be in store.

Most folks understand that vaccines are modern medical miracles.