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MedGlobal doctors from Burr Ridge, Palos Park assessed Ukrainian crisis in March. Now, they’re going back with more help.

April 8, 2022 at 1:19 p.m.

Dr. Zaher Sahloul never intended to become an expert in chemical weapons response. A pulmonary critical care specialist for Oak Lawn's Advocate Christ Medical Center and St. Anthony Hospital, Sahloul...

Sandburg’s Szymon Piton is one of two Illinois students named to Bassmaster All-State team

April 7, 2022 at 12:54 p.m.

When Szymon Piton joined the bass fishing team his freshman year at Sandburg High School, it did not take long for him to stand out to coach Jim Corcoran. "Right...

A decade after it formed in Oak Forest, ‘a drinking club with a running problem’ has expanded to three states

April 6, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Amy Dykstra just started running on a treadmill roughly a decade ago when she decided the Oak Forest Fleadh would be her first 5K. She recently had moved to the...

Martin Woolley, 2, of Evergreen Park, helps carry boxes of supplies for Ukrainian refugees to a truck outside of St. Bernadette Catholic Church in Evergreen Park.

St. Bernadette Church sends 600 boxes of supplies, nearly $60,000 to support Ukrainian refugees

March 31, 2022 at 8:54 a.m.

Volunteers in Evergreen Park had only three hours Wednesday to pack 600 boxes of supplies on the back of a truck before it had to hit the road. They were...

Homewood school, business team up with foundation for program teaching kindergarteners to ride bicycles

March 30, 2022 at 11:50 a.m.

As a manager for Homewood's GoodSpeed Cycles, Steve Buchtel is no stranger to helping youths just entering the world of bicycles. "We help a lot of customers who are buying...

Patrick White, an athletic trainer and science teacher for Providence Catholic High School, was surprised Friday by Buddy's Helpers during a sports medicine class. White was given gifts and recognition for National Athletic Training Month.

Providence Catholic athletic trainer Pat White surprised with gifts, recognition from community

March 25, 2022 at 2:33 p.m.

When Patrick White is on the sidelines as an athletic trainer for Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox, he knows it is not just the athletes who may demand...

Jonathan Zaragoza, a ‘two-time culinary school dropout’ with area ties, builds on his family’s restaurateur legacy

March 21, 2022 at 5:04 p.m.

Jonathan Zaragoza has been cooking for as long as he can remember. Long before his family opened Birrieria Zaragoza, recently rated by Michelin Bib Gourmand, in Chicago's Archer Heights neighborhood....

The Plum Creek Forest Preserve in Crete Township was designated in 2010 as an Important Birding Area by the Audubon Society, which noted it provides essential habitats for migrating birds.

Forest Preserve District of Will County marks 95th year of preserving open space, providing recreation opportunities

March 20, 2022 at 12:30 p.m.

It started with 144 acres in Homer Township in what is known today as Messenger Woods. In the 95 years since, the Forest Preserve District of Will County has grown...

Sensei Ed Wojciechowski wears his keikogi inside a Palos Hills dojo. The banner reads "karate-do," while the portrait is of Gichin Funakoshi, the father of modern karate.

For more than 35 years, Southland karate sensei has shared self-defense techniques, traditions

March 18, 2022 at 12:06 p.m.

Sensei Ed Wojciechowski started his journey in karate nearly four decades ago not as a calling so much as a backup plan. "I was in bad shape," Wojciechowski said. "I...

Doctors prepare for humanitarian trip as Southland churches collect needed supplies for Ukraine

March 9, 2022 at 3:48 p.m.

Dr. John Kahler has seen something like what is happening in Ukraine before and is worried about what could come next. Kahler, a pediatrician who lives in Palos Park, traveled...

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