Merritt Lutz and Colin McCormack have similar stories describing their life-changing decision to join the Spartan Marching Band (SMB), and specifically the legendary drumline. Lutz was sitting home in ...

One surefire sign of fall has returned to the Will C. Wood High School campus this week: drum cadences ring out across the bright green synthetic of Wildcat Stadium. And whatever that sound might ...

This story is a multimedia piece that incorporates audio and text. To experience the full story, click the play button on the audio players underneath each section. What started as sporadic and random ...

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, ...