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  • 1 week 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.

  • 1 week ago | wgntv.com | Sean Lewis |Eli Ong

    CHICAGO (WGN) — Along Lincoln Avenue on Chicago’s North Side, we found an affair of the Fennec Fox variety. Sweetheart the Fennec Fox visited Color Me Mine in North Center to serve as the muse for painters in a Sunday art class. “We thought, ‘What can we do to create an exciting experience for parents, kids, all ages can bond together?'” Niinnu Gupta said. It’s not the first time Gupta has brought in a guest as inspiration at Color Me Mine.

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Sean Lewis

    CHICAGO (WGN) — Along Lincoln Avenue on Chicago’s North Side, we found an affair of the Fennec Fox variety. Sweetheart the Fennec Fox visited Color Me Mine in North Center to serve as the muse for painters in a Sunday art class. “We thought, ‘What can we do to create an exciting experience for parents, kids, all ages can bond together?'” Niinnu Gupta said. It’s not the first time Gupta has brought in a guest as inspiration at Color Me Mine.

  • 1 week ago | wgntv.com | Michael Johnson |Sean Lewis

    On this week’s edition of the WGN Weekend Morning News Sunday Brunch, we feature Lil’ Ba-Ba-Reeba! in River North, the “little sister” restaurant to Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! in Lincoln Park, which has been serving up authentic Spanish cuisine in Chicago since 1985. Executive Chef Eric Jorgensen joined Sean Lewis to cook up tortilla española, a Spanish potato-and-onion omelette, and talk about Lil’ Ba-Ba-Reeba!’s brunch offerings (see attached video player).

  • 1 week ago | wgntv.com | Sean Lewis |Ashlyn Wright

    DES PLAINES, Ill. — Even at a place meant for eternal rest, you can find those with the drive to soldier on. “It means a lot to me to serve veterans. They did a lot for us and it’s time to be there for them,” Kevin O’Connell said. For the better part of two decades, O’Connell has spent the first part of his Memorial Day weekend at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines.

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