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Former racehorse that served Chicago police earns award in third career of therapy riding

October 18, 2021 at 2:47 p.m.

A chestnut thoroughbred is still finding success in his senior years, offering equine assisted activities in his third career with the New Beginnings Therapeutic Riding Foundation in Palos Hills. Fahey,...

Beverly teacher, rocker used pandemic to write musical based on short story ‘The Lottery’

October 17, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

When Beverly's Terence Morrow wrapped up another year as a Chicago Public schoolteacher in 2020, faced with the uncertainty of the pandemic summer ahead of him, he walked into a...

A man dials a call on a cellphone in New Orleans. With suicides on the rise, the government wants to make the national crisis hotline easier to reach. Once implemented, people will just need to dial 988 to seek help.

Residents in area codes 708 and 219 now need to dial 10 digits, even for local calls

October 24, 2021 at 12:53 p.m.

Residents in telephone area codes 708 and 219 join others across the nation in having to dial all 10 digits, even when placing calls locally. The change, effective Oct. 24,...

Orland Park native looks to break traditional fine dining model with art-focused, philanthropic Esmé

October 15, 2021 at 1:07 p.m.

When chef Jenner Tomaska was planning his next big career step, the first restaurant he could call his own, he asked himself a tough question. "Is a restaurant really necessary...

Colin Langenderfer helps to guide a Burmese python named Phil as it slithers around his neck and down his arm.

Those scary critters at haunted houses, on TV are ‘actually pretty cool,’ if you ask the guys from Crosstown Exotics

October 11, 2021 at 5:06 p.m.

When Crosstown Exotics first was asked to work with a haunted house in the area, owners Colin Langenderfer and Mike Levins had to think about what they were trying to...

Natonya Wilson, left, comforts Traci Rogers, mother of the two people who were killed Tuesday night following a home invasion in Country Club Hills.

Police continue investigation into deaths of two brothers shot in Country Club Hills home

October 7, 2021 at 5:02 p.m.

Country Club Hills police were still searching for answers Thursday after a shooting Tuesday night shooting took the lives of two brothers inside their home. Police responded at about 7:30...

As Will County lauds summer lunkers, anglers are gearing up for trout season at Cook County lakes

October 6, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

"It was this big." Those who fish are said to have a penchant for exaggeration when sharing tales from the open water. So, when the Forest Preserve District of Will...

Robbins Mayor Darren Bryant speaks Monday, Oct. 4, during a news conference at the village's police station, after the remaining officers on a dwindling staff called off work over the weekend, citing issues with pay and resources.

Robbins’ dwindling police staff walks out over pay, staffing, equipment issues

October 4, 2021 at 5:08 p.m.

The Cook County sheriff's police were called in to Robbins Saturday to patrol the village after the remaining members of the municipality's dwindling Police Department called off work Friday night...

Saint Xavier University taps its own ale as it celebrates 175 years

October 2, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Saint Xavier University is celebrating 175 years of education draped in the school colors of scarlet and gray. So when Horse Thief Hollow owner Neil Byers was tasked with crafting...

South Holland gets into the bistro business with SoHo Sweets

October 1, 2021 at 1:36 p.m.

When Renae Fentress opened Troost Coffee & Tea in downtown Lansing in 2017, she had a vision. While she lives in Munster, Indiana, these days, she spent a lot of...

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