Clubs making holidays special for the less fortunate

Updated: 2012-11-19 02:35:12

As everyone prepares for Thanksgiving, some of those less fortunate in the Antioch area will also be preparing to enjoy a great meal thanks to the Antioch Lions Club’s basket run on Saturday.

• No injuries in Waukegan fire

  Updated: 2012-11-19 02:35:42

  Officials are investigating what caused two garages to catch fire on Saturday in Waukegan.

• Fiscal cliff negotiators are facing high hurdles

  It’s entirely possible that lawmakers and the White House will reach a deal that staves off an avalanche of tax increases and deep cuts in government programs before a Jan. 1 deadline.

• Congress to investigate Benghazi ‘talking points’

  Lawmakers said Sunday they want to know who had a hand in creating the Obama administration’s now-discredited “talking points” about the Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, and why a final draft omitted the CIA’s early conclusion that terrorists were involved.