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St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr Catholic Church in Posen.

Midlothian’s St. Christopher and Posen’s St. Stanislaus to unite in latest archdiocese plan

January 29, 2022 at 4:40 p.m.

Two more Southland churches are merging after the Chicago Archdiocese's busy week of Renew My Church decisions, with several affecting south and southwest suburban Catholic communities. The archdiocese announced Midlothian's...

A funeral for Chicago police Officer Bernard Domagala was held Sept. 11, 2017 at Queen of Martyrs Church in Evergreen Park. Domagala was gravely injured on the job 29 years ago.

Chicago Archdiocese announces mergers of churches in Evergreen Park, Alsip and Crestwood

January 29, 2022 at 3:55 p.m.

Two Catholic parishes in Evergreen Park will be united this summer, with use of one campus to be discontinued after two years, and parishes in Alsip and Crestwood are to...

Parishioners arrive for Mass at Infant Jesus of Prague Catholic Church on Dec. 11, 2007, in Flossmoor. (Zbigniew Bzdak / baiduhai)

Chicago Archdiocese mergers will reduce six south suburban churches to two parishes this summer

January 25, 2022 at 5:41 p.m.

The Chicago Archdiocese announced Monday that six south suburban churches will merge into two parishes, with the Homewood-Flossmoor area poised to become central to that cluster with the two remaining...

USA's Kendall Coyne, left, and Hilary Knight hold their gold medals and the U.S. flag after the medal ceremony for the women's ice hockey event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Gangneung Hockey Centre in Gangneung on February 22, 2018. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP/Getty)

Orland Park’s Kendall Coyne Schofield releases memoir as she prepares to compete in her third Winter Games

January 20, 2022 at 6:59 a.m.

When Kendall Coyne Schofield was growing up in Palos Heights with a burgeoning love for hockey, she had to forge her own path in a sport that did not make...

After 40 years, Will County forest preserves turn to Compass to ‘help people navigate their way into nature’

January 18, 2022 at 2:11 p.m.

After four decades, the Forest Preserve District of Will County's newsletter is heading in a new direction, albeit with some very familiar goals in mind. What had been known as...

Adam Kessel, a program coordinator for Forest Preserves of Cook County, ignites a pile of European buckthorn, an invasive species being removed from Sauk Trail Woods-North in Chicago Heights.

Volunteers mark Martin Luther King Day helping clean up Sauk Trail Woods near Chicago Heights

January 17, 2022 at 5:41 p.m.

The Forest Preserves of Cook County once again celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an ever-expanding Day of Service across the district, this year adding a new cleanup opportunities...

Keithan and Quiante Hedrick, of Flossmoor, appear on the television program "Shark Tank" to pitch their company, Candi, to investors. Their appearance will be televised at 7 p.m. Jan. 7, on ABC.

Flossmoor couple who started a business offering chats with celebrities about to hit the small screen themselves on ‘Shark Tank’

January 5, 2022 at 10:02 a.m.

Flossmoor resident Keithan Hedrick has been a fan of "Shark Tank" as long as the show has been on television. He is more than familiar with the structure; he knows...

Oak Lawn middle schoolers trying to change the world with volunteering, ideas to combat climate change, music videos

January 3, 2022 at 4:53 p.m.

The Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School community was doing a world of good in December — from meal donations to initiatives that could have a global impact. To start, District 123...

Southland police often donate abandoned, unclaimed bikes, but that’s not all they find: ‘We once had a live grenade that was found in a garage’

December 29, 2021 at 3:53 p.m.

A 25-bike donation from the Steger Police Department this fall boosted the Forest Preserve District of Will County's Recycle Your Bicycle program to a new donated cycle record of 147....

A sign outside of St. Linus Catholic Church lists the Mass schedule for both sites in the united Our Lady of the Ridge/St. Linus Parish. The Rev. Mark Walter, who served as pastor of St. Linus at the time of the merger, now oversees the entire parish.

‘Like walking into the darkness’: Our Lady of the Ridge/St. Linus still in early stages of united parish

December 19, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

While Oak Lawn's St. Linus Catholic Church and Our Lady of the Ridge in neighboring Chicago Ridge started the process of merging early this summer, they have remained in many...

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