Bill Jones

Nurse Crystal Hughes administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Saturday to Devinica Aymat, a fifth grader from Indiana School in Park Forest.

Children begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine at Matteson clinic

November 14, 2021 at 12:41 p.m.

As fifth grader Devinica Aymat walked into Southland College Prep Charter High School Saturday, first in line to get the COVID-19 vaccine, a familiar face was waiting for her. William...

Only 2 rabid bats found this year in Southland portion of Cook County, 2 more found in Will

November 10, 2021 at 1:31 p.m.

While roughly 25 rabid bats are identified annually across Cook County, only two have tested positive so far this year in the Southland, with eight total across the county in...

The sun begins to set Tuesday over Orland Bowl along 159th Street in Orland Park.

As Orland Bowl considers sale, high school teams and leagues begin look for new homes

November 10, 2021 at 9:58 a.m.

The possible sale of Orland Bowl spread quickly on social media this week, with members of leagues already lamenting the alley's pending closure next year. But leadership for the decades-old...

Katheryn Hickey-Scott, of Beecher, watches as her daughter Joliene Scott chucks her pumpkin down a 40-foot hill Sunday at Plum Creek Nature Center in Crete Township.

Pumpkin roles: Forest preserve gourd smash an opportunity to teach about benefits of composting at home

November 10, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Since the 1970s, "stop, drop and roll" has served as an easy-to-remember fire safety technique taught to children by emergency personnel in schools and the likes of Dick Van Dyke...

Shawn Nix, who regularly worked Route 25 in Park Forest for the United States Postal Service, was honored on the back of a mail truck parked at the vigil.

Community holds vigil for Park Forest mail carrier who died days after being struck by vehicle

October 31, 2021 at 1:25 p.m.

The Park Forest community paid tribute Saturday night to a longtime postal worker who died Friday, days after he was struck by a vehicle while delivering mail in the village....

Richard Fague, of Lockport, runs on Saturday, Oct. 22, on the Spring Creek Greenway Nature Trail at the Hadley Valley preserve in Homer Glen.

Three days after finishing the Chicago Marathon, a Lockport man embarked on an 11-day, 34-mile run through Will County preserves

October 28, 2021 at 12:44 p.m.

After a marathon, Richard Fague typically takes a week off from running to let his body heal. But just three days after he ran this year's Chicago Marathon, the Lockport...

A Spider-Man firefighter with a working hose shows people the way to donate to Project Fire Buddies in a haunted yard at 7435 Ridgefield Lane in Tinley Park. Keith Latek, who set up the haunt with his three sons, is the head of the nonprofit's Midlothian chapter.

Spectacular spider-mom: Mokena photographer’s shot of wolf spider and babies wins Midewin contest, showcases ‘unusual’ trait

October 19, 2021 at 4:20 p.m.

William Shea was on his lunch break and walking in the River Road Seedbeds of the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie when something caught his eye. A female wolf spider was...

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