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Nick Gadsby, community marketing manager for Windy City Cannabis, prepares to talk to patrons at Blue Island Beer Company during one of the brewery's monthly Medical Growers Meet-Up events. The Meet-Ups allow novices and more experienced cannabis growers to share tips on their craft.

Medicinal cannabis growers learn the craft over pints at monthly meetings in Blue Island

May 26, 2022 at 5:20 p.m.

As Illinois updated its code in 2020 to allow for recreational cannabis use across the state, it also added the stipulation that card-carrying medical marijuana patients could grow up to...

Palos Park Ukrainian pastor on war: ‘At first it was the shock; now it’s this numbness’

May 25, 2022 at 5:30 a.m.

Since late February, the Rev. Vasyl Sendeha's father has been holding out in Western Ukraine against Russian attacks Sendeha once thought would never reach that region. And over those three...

Flossmoor Service League’s long-running house walk set for Wednesday

May 16, 2022 at 2:21 p.m.

Of the three homes slated for this year's Flossmoor Service League House Walk, only one predates the tradition itself: a summer cottage pool house retreat built in 1941 that was...

After a career-ending diagnosis, a world traveler decided to take on the Lincoln Highway by electronic bike

May 9, 2022 at 4:40 p.m.

Several Southland suburbs had a part in one man's cross country e-bike quest, a journey that's been historic in more ways than one. Gregory Maassen traveled from Chicago Heights to...

Area libraries embrace comics, pop culture with mini conventions: ‘It’s a different way to engage our patrons’

May 4, 2022 at 3:38 p.m.

The first year the Oak Lawn Public Library held its pop culture celebration Fan Fest in 2015, the event drew nearly 1,000 people. It only grew in popularity in subsequent...

Eaglets spotted in preserve indicate areas of Will County are ‘meeting all their requirements’

May 1, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

The bald eagles have landed in Will County. They also have mated, nested and given rise to a new generation of eaglets. And those may be becoming more common happenings...

A cyclist passes a decorated park bench along Oak Park Avenue in Tinley Park in 2008. Arty benches will once again decorate Tinley Park this summer, along with painted bicycle racks in Homewood, wooden tulips in Homer Glen and more.

Southland towns preparing to spruce up spring with public art projects

April 28, 2022 at 2:01 p.m.

People will find more parking in downtown Homewood this spring — if they are pedaling on two wheels. This year's iteration on the Homewood Business Association's community art project, Bike...

Rhonda Ruffin, the information services manager for the Glenwood-Lynwood Public Library, explains how the Easter egg hunt will work.

Last call for eggs! Southlanders scramble to remaining egg hunts Easter weekend

April 17, 2022 at 7:39 a.m.

Southlanders who prefer their Easter egg hunts sunny-side up found the weather served just the way they like it Saturday at the region's few remaining holiday activities. While many egg...

The Thornton Township building on 162nd Street in South Holland is lit up purple this month to raise awareness for organ and tissue donation.

Thornton Township lights up purple to support Gift of Hope organ donation and honor late supervisor Frank Zuccarelli

April 14, 2022 at 1:07 p.m.

Thornton Township got a new temporary color scheme and flag this month to honor its former supervisor and bring attention to a cause he championed for decades. The township hall...

Rhys Graves, 2, of Beverly, shows off the mud on his pants, earned at Centennial Park while collecting plastic eggs. Rhett Graves encouraged him to keep going.

Cold, wet fields don’t crack the resolve of Orland Park egg hunters

April 10, 2022 at 1:48 p.m.

Some cold weather and muddy baseball fields were not about to scramble the plans of hundreds of area families who hopped Saturday morning to Centennial Park for the Orland Park's...

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