Dan Moran

Deterioration and cracks are seen in the culvert beneath Hutchins Road at Old Mill Creek near Gurnee just prior to the road being closed for construction of a new bridge on Tuesday, Feb. 18.

Moran: Hutchins Road culvert replacement a Band-Aid on nationwide plague of ‘poor’ bridges

February 18, 2020 at 1:36 p.m.

It's been nearly a year since the American Road and Transportation Builders Association sent shivers down more than a few spines by reporting that 47,000 bridges in the U.S. —...

The wreckage of a Cessna 172 rests on Elim Avenue in Zion on Feb. 8, 2000. The plane collided with another plane that crashed on the roof of the nearby Midwestern Regional Medical Center.

Moran: 20 years later, a look back at the ‘nightmare’ Zion plane crash that killed WGN radio host Bob Collins

February 17, 2020 at 3:53 p.m.

Some squawks on the old police/fire scanner stick in the memory longer than others. And Feb. 8, 2000, was just another 33-degree afternoon in the slog of February until the...

Moran: North Chicago artist Mona Phiffer wants to reach ‘the whole entire universe’ with her paintings

February 15, 2020 at 9:58 a.m.

The enthusiasm that Mona Phiffer started pouring onto paper two years ago is echoed over the phone when she talks about exhibiting her paintings for the first time — and...

What was once an overloaded Route 45 through the Millburn Historic District was renamed Old Route 45 when a bypass opened to the west last fall, and now the "remnant roadway" has been renamed Main Street.

Moran: What’s in a street name? ‘Remnant roads’ left behind by Millburn Strangler get new titles

February 11, 2020 at 1:22 p.m.

To his dying day, my father referred to the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago as "The Congress." In his Jackson Boulevard accent, it came out as "Da CAHN-griss." He had nothing...

Jim Newton and Frank Abderholden will be leaving the Lake County News-Sun.

Moran: Tales to tell as we say goodbye to a pair of veteran News-Sun reporters

February 7, 2020 at 2:39 p.m.

Are you reelin' in the years? The answer to Steely Dan's possibly rhetorical question is very often yes. A roll call of memories is definitely in order upon learning that...

Filipinos hoping to buy face masks crowd outside a medical supply shop on Jan. 31 in Manila that was raided by police for allegedly hoarding and overpricing the masks, as public fear over China's Wuhan Coronavirus grows.

Moran: Whooping cough, cannabis and coronavirus team up for a triple play of caution

February 4, 2020 at 12:54 p.m.

Shed a wistful tear for the innocent days when a mass-distribution letter to parents from your child's elementary school warned that someone in class had lice. Or maybe a peanut...

Moran: In quest for ‘meaningful data,’ Lake County Board committee debates two-year delay on legal marijuana zoning for unincorporated areas

February 3, 2020 at 9:27 a.m.

Friends or foes of legal marijuana who have been tracking the possible one-year moratorium on sales in Lake County's unincorporated areas might have been heard holding their breath this week...

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