Sean Lewis

2 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Sean Lewis |Eli Ong

Posted: Jun 8, 2025 / 11:09 AM CDT Updated: Jun 8, 2025 / 11:09 AM CDT CHICAGO (WGN) — Hardware Gastropub and Brewery’s Executive Chef Alysemarie Warren joined WGN’s Sean Lewis to make cast-iron baked eggs on the Weekend Morning News for Sunday Brunch. Other tasty offerings include Hardware Gastropub’s split-grain dinner and cinnamon rolls. All breads are made with grains grown in-house.

2 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Sean Lewis |Ethan Illers

CHICAGO – In Lakeview, WGN-TV’s Sean Lewis found the sweet story of an immigrant baker and the layered journey to find herself. “I was raised in the Philippines, but I was born in Saudi Arabia,” Jenni Vee of Jennivee’s Bakery said. Jenni ultimately came to the United States nearly 20 years ago“Like most Filipino immigrants that come to the U.S., we worked in the healthcare field,” she said.

3 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Sean Lewis |Marisa Rodriguez

CHICAGO — Construction is set to begin on a project to supply Lake Michigan water to the far southwest suburbs. This project was first started in 2018 when the Illinois State Water Survey came out, showing that the well water that many of the southwest suburbs rely on would not be enough for the future. This is going be a 60-mile pipeline that connects the Chicago water supply to six cities and villages, which include Joliet, Crest Hill, Channahon, Minooka, Romeoville and Shorewood.

3 weeks ago | wgntv.com | Sean Lewis

CHICAGO — It’s a club very few of us would ever want to be a part of and one by which so many are affected by in one way or another. Along the lakefront at Grant Park, a walk to celebrate cancer survivors and raise money for research was held on Sunday, which marked National Cancer Survivors Day. “I’m a survivor, prostate cancer,” Jesus Flores said. His mom, Nancy Howarter, had been given a grim diagnosis multiple times. She is still here. “I’ve survived pancreatic cancer, thyroid cancer.

1 month ago | wgntv.com | Sean Lewis

Posted: May 26, 2025 / 12:59 PM CDT Updated: May 26, 2025 / 01:33 PM CDT ELGIN, Ill. — Community members gather in Elgin on Monday to commemorate Memorial Day. Several events were held throughout the morning, organized by The Elgin Patriotic Memorial Association. The day began with a ceremony at Mount Hope Cemetery. There was also a service to honor those buried at Lakewood Memorial Park.