Bill Jones

Pucks to poutine: Sports show producers branch out into world of junk food with popular ‘I’m Fat’ podcast

March 26, 2021 at 1:48 p.m.

It started as an April Fools' Day joke. Rick Camp and Jay Zawaski, two producers on what was then the "Spiegel & Parkins" show on 670 The Score, loved to...

Two first-term trustees challenging incumbent for Olympia Fields village president

March 26, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.

Two Olympia Fields trustees, Cassandra J. Matz and Desiree Watkins, say they are running for village president because there is a lack of leadership in the village, specifically in economic...

Richton Park’s Destiny Johnson to represent Southland in National Spelling Bee

March 23, 2021 at 5:07 p.m.

Destiny Johnson did not go looking for spelling bees; they came looking for her. Like everyone else in third grade at Illinois School in Matteson District 162, she simply took...

Southland students take to the skies amid push to make pilot careers more accessible to everyone

March 23, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Annie Targosz swore she was not going to become a pilot. "I was always very adamant when I was a kid that I wasn't going to be a pilot, but...

School districts in Rich Township have given away a million meals over the last year. ‘Hopefully’ the programs can continue post-pandemic

March 19, 2021 at 12:36 p.m.

In the face of a pandemic that left many students learning from home over the past year, a number of south suburban schools adapted their meal programs to serve the...

Jodi Mariano, left, of consulting firm Teska Associates, speaks with Oak Lawn resident Christine Cucci about possibilities for the Southwest Highway corridor Oct. 7 at the Oak Lawn Farmers Market.

Early Southwest Highway feedback supports walkable, bikeable update in Oak Lawn

March 18, 2021 at 7:14 a.m.

A first round of community feedback has told Oak Lawn officials they are on the right track in planning for a more pedestrian and bicycle friendly Southwest Highway Corridor. Now,...

A lifelong Matteson resident stopped in 15 years ago to apply at Culver’s because she wanted a shorter commute. Now she’s an owner of the place.

March 17, 2021 at 9:04 a.m.

In 2006, Dawndria Murray applied at the Culver's in her hometown of Matteson on a whim. "I was driving past and I saw the sign and went in to apply,"...

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