Dan Moran

Traffic on southbound Route 60/83 backs up from one of a reported 20 Canadian National Railway freight trains that pass through Mundelein every day.

Moran: More train delays coming to Mundelein and a ‘depressed’ Green Bay Road are among the finer details surrounding Rebuild Illinois projects

November 1, 2019 at 9:00 p.m.

It was an unhappy line at an Illinois Secretary of State facility in Waukegan in late October, as deadline-oriented motorists coughed up $101 — plus a $7.50 "processing fee" for...

Vehicles navigate on Route 83 across the Canadian National Railway tracks at Route 137 in Grayslake. The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced budgeting for a realignment of the intersection to the east.

Moran: State commits $16 million to realign awkward Route 83/137 intersection in Grayslake

October 29, 2019 at 10:01 p.m.

October 2019 finds Lake County justifiably celebrating the long hoped-for demise of the Millburn Strangler, which was where Route 45 traffic went to die for years that turned to decades....

The Grant Woods Forest Preserve between Ingleside and Lake Villa contains some six miles of paths that wind through woodlands formerly owned by early 20th-century land barons.

Moran: After random attack on trail, fans of Grant Woods in Lake County need to reclaim their safe haven

October 25, 2019 at 8:20 p.m.

A friend of mine once told me that Grant Woods Forest Preserve was his soul — where he would go to run, walk, ride a bike, breathe in nature and...

The Illinois Department of Transportation has started committing funds to the modernization of the Route 41/176 interchange in Lake Bluff.

Moran: First chunk of Rebuild Illinois funding makes promises large and small toward Lake County roads

October 22, 2019 at 9:55 p.m.

When dollar amounts are discussed in billions with a "B" rather than in millions with one foot stuck in 1928, there should be a lot of bread to go around...

Moran: Epic snarls witnessed as road crews race against arrival of freeze season

October 18, 2019 at 8:43 p.m.

It is, of course, every American's constitutional right and/or moral imperative to complain about traffic, the weather and all other things that are completely beyond our control. Fortunately for those...

Moran: Forest preserves’ 2020 budget includes millions for TBD improvements at Lakewood

October 15, 2019 at 10:09 p.m.

Let's say you're planning ahead for a family reunion at Lakewood Forest Preserves in Wauconda next summer and are looking to get a jump on reserving one of the facility's...

Lake County Division of Transportation workers test the salt spreaders on a truck as preparations spike upward for the arrival of snow-and-ice season.

Moran: Lake County crews break out the big guns as autumn’s ‘first cyclone’ proves snowplow season is nigh

October 11, 2019 at 7:10 p.m.

A relative on the phone from Denver on Thursday was asked if snow was falling across what they call the Front Range. "Heck yeah," was the response, although this person...

What was once an overloaded Route 45 through the Millburn Historic District is now silent as work continues on revamping the area around what is now a Route 45 bypass around the village center.

Moran: Route 45 bypass opens for business, sending the Millburn Strangler to the gallows

October 9, 2019 at 1:21 p.m.

It took roughly four seasons of "The Office" to resolve the case of the fictional Scranton Strangler, though apparently there are still advocates for the whole Toby Flenderson conspiracy theory....

Visitors lined up to see the inside of the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Nine-O-Nine when the Collings Foundation visited the Porter County Airport in Northwest Indiana in August 2018.

Moran: B-17 that crashed in Connecticut visited Waukegan National Airport for public flights

October 4, 2019 at 7:54 p.m.

Back in July of 2012, a crowd of history buffs and aviation enthusiasts headed out to what was then Waukegan Regional Airport to check out a fleet of restored World...

Rainwater swamps the work zone on a bike path connection under construction along Washington Street in Grayslake. One lane of Washington Street has been closed when workers are on the site.

Moran: The tale of the wayward rabbit, and other stories from the relentless September rain

October 1, 2019 at 10:06 p.m.

A warning that the story we are about to share might be disturbing for some viewers, as they say on the TV newscasts. Like most homeowners whose domicile includes a...

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