By: Sandy Dickson
Often when a customer goes into the door of CJs Coffee House in Zion, they might hear a comment being directed at them before they even get up to the counter.
“One large coffee and leave room for cream, right?” or “One chocolate donut with chocolate frosting again today?”
Betty Jasper knows most of [...]

By Laura Remson
There’s a chill in the air and the leaves are just beginning to change. Last Wednesday, September 22, marked the first day of fall. With fall comes all fall favorites – pumpkin spice lattes, sweaters and leaves changing colors. Fall also means fall holidays, the first of which is Halloween. For the Zion-Benton [...]

BY SANDY DICKSON
You’ve probably seen their ‘Pray to end abortion’ sign if you drive past Zion’s Veterans Memorial Park on Sheridan Road.
Local citizens have long been concerned, as many others around the globe, about the issue of abortion. Now they have banned together to bring awareness and results for [...]

Great news for the neighborhood! The historic Karcher Hotel on the corner of Washington and MLK Streets is finally on its way to renovation, thanks to years of dedication from the City of Waukegan, Waukegan Main Street, and Artspace – America’s leading developer of affordable live/work spaces for artists and their families. Making [...]

By Laura Remson
Thursday’s pleasant, but breezy weather was the perfect backdrop for the Grand Re-Opening of West Side Plaza, a shopping center located just west of Wal-Mart on Rt. 173. Even though the sky threatened rain, it couldn’t stop a crowd from gathering to celebrate both new business and community spirit.

The event gathered local dignitaries, [...]

To our readers:
The only constant in life is change.
Change has invaded the format of the Zion-Benton News and its sister paper, the Bargaineer.
Starting next Thursday, the compact sized Zion-Benton News which you are now reading will become a full-sized newspaper. It will also include content from the Bargaineer. Some of you will recall that years [...]

Bob Osmon, graduate of Zion Benton class of 1955, officially gave the Zion-Benton Library a copy of his book last Saturday, Sept 11, in the presence of classmates and friends. His book ‘Zee Bees,’ tells a personal experience of what he describes as a bunch of bumbling, novice football players, including himself, starting out on [...]

Nomination packets are now available for Trustee of the Zion-Benton Public Library District. Three full 6-year terms and one unexpired 2-year term will be on the ballot in the April 5, 2011, Consolidated Election. Persons interested in serving must be residents of the library district and qualified registered voters. The nomination petitions [...]