By: Sandy Dickson
There was a big surprise in store for 23-year-old Tyler Davis Saturday, February 19 at Stone Creek. A Marine who had completed his six years, he had just returned home around Christmas, but his mother, Sonja Peters-Cooprider, decided to postpone the welcome home party until well after the [...]

By: Sandy Dickson
District 8 Congressional-elect, Republican Joe Walsh, made an appearance at CJ’s Coffee House in Zion Sunday, February 13 from 1 to 2:30 p.m., giving customers a chance to address issues of concern. The self-described tea-partier answered questions from the small crowd lining the aisles and sitting at the tables, seeming to appreciate [...]

The fourth annual fundraising Have a Heart dinner was held at the Illinois Beach Resort the Saturday night of Feb 12, 2011. The benefit for the Zion-Benton chapter of the Boys and Girls Club of Lake County goes a long way to provide necessary money to sustain and continue to serve the youth that [...]

Two local librarians have been selected to participate in an innovative institute for Illinois library staff that is promising to be one of the most exciting Illinois library initiatives of 2011. Tara Caldara and Elsie Martinez will participate in ILEAD U (Illinois Libraries Explore, Apply and Discover), the 21st Century Technology Tools Institute for Illinois [...]

Kristin Miller, 33, of Winthrop Harbor, IL, began her journey home in early January.
She left behind her son, Jacob and her daughter, Asia. She also left her mother, Susan Earl, her stepfather, Keith Wappel, father, Robert Miller, sister, Cheryl Miller and stepbrother, Keith Wappel, Jr. (Gina).
She had 3 grandmothers, 2 grandfathers, half-siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces, [...]