A slow, methodic drum cadence from the Waukegan High School JROTC evoked strong emotions from onlookers, including Gold Star families, as the teens marched in the city’s annual Memorial Day parade.

As Waukegan’s Memorial Day Parade moved west on Washington Street toward Veterans Memorial Plaza, the drum cadence from members of the Waukegan High School JROTC was unmistakable. Not a rousing march, ...

The drum cadence is at 100 beats a minute. Every 10 seconds, the drums start, stop and begin again. Start. Stop. Begin again. All along the funeral procession of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. From the ...

Russell Batiste Jr. was a world-class New Orleans drummer, a larger-than-life personality and, especially, a proud St. Augustine High School Purple Knight. That was abundantly clear Tuesday at his ...