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Mary Beth Renfrow-Damron, of Posen, gives a parting gift to her retiring mail carrier, Mike Thomas, of Chicago. The Posen community chipped in to give Thomas the money to buy a recliner, because he said he is ready to "sit down" after he is done working.

Their mail carrier planned to retire and put his feet up, so a group of neighbors raised money to buy him a recliner

February 1, 2021 at 7:34 p.m.

When Mary Beth Renfrow-Damron of Posen heard her mailman was retiring, she asked him the obvious question: What are you going to do when you're done? His answer was simple....

Most Rev. Robert Casey, auxiliary bishop for the Chicago Archdiocese, preaches during the 40th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's papal Mass at Five Holy Martyrs Church Oct. 6, 2019.

Archdiocese to close Oak Lawn church, combine two others in Southland by July 1

January 29, 2021 at 7:37 p.m.

By July 1, Oak Lawn's St. Louis de Montfort Parish will be closed. And Our Lady of the Ridge and St. Linus churches will lose their individual identities as they...

"The Wishing Tree" at Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park was designed by Jeff Stevenson, the park's director and curator. It invites people to leave painted rocks, stones, sticks or branches representing their wishes for the world.

An outdoor ‘museum in the prairie,’ GSU’s sculpture park sees ‘an incredible amount of people’ visit amid pandemic

January 24, 2021 at 12:57 p.m.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has presented plenty of obstacles to schools, businesses and the health care industry over the past 10 months, not everything has been impacted in the same...

Brandon Patterson, from left, Aaron Collins and Jonathan Mungo watch television monitors showing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris inaugurated, Jan. 20, 2021, from Sidetrack bar in Lakeview.

Pearls, Chuck Taylors, tequila and hope: Chicagoland watches Biden’s inauguration, celebrates first woman vice president

January 20, 2021 at 7:32 p.m.

Dorelia Rivera opened the nice bottle of Adoro tequila she had been saving and poured herself a small glass Wednesday morning. She wore her pearls and a shawl threaded with...

Eisenhower High School staffers don Chucks, pearls to honor Kamala Harris on Inauguration Day

January 20, 2021 at 8:58 p.m.

As Vice President Kamala Harris took the oath of office Wednesday, a number of women at Eisenhower High School in Blue Island were paying tribute with their necklaces and footwear....

Families from Boy Scout Troop 619 out of Oak Lawn walk the trail along Paxton Avenue in South Holland, looking for trash to pick up.

Volunteers use Martin Luther King Day to help clear litter at Sand Ridge Nature Center, other forest preserves

January 18, 2021 at 8:22 p.m.

Several south suburban residents took the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday Monday as a day on rather than a day off, choosing to honor the civil rights leader's legacy...

20 giant rubber ducks are set to roost in Lockport this summer: ‘We are a canal town, after all’

January 14, 2021 at 2:28 p.m.

Businesses across the country have gotten creative over the past 10 months, doing what they can to keep their proverbial boats afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the health scares,...

Lisa Wiencek arranges flowers in October at her FloraLore booth at the Oak Lawn Farmers Market. The Tinley Park resident launched a Community Uplift Project during the pandemic, taking nominations and donations to deliver small, surprise arrangements to people. October 2020.

A florist worried the pandemic would close her south suburban startup. Delivering surprise bouquets helped it thrive.

January 8, 2021 at 7:29 a.m.

When the COVID-19 pandemic really started to take hold in March and the first stay-at-home orders went into place, like many small business owners Tinley Park's Lisa Wiencek felt blindsided....

Kurt DeGroot, CEO of Project Fire Buddies, hands some gifts to Liam Anderson, 9, of Oak Forest.

Project Fire Buddies gifts $25,000 in toys and checks in Oak Forest, but its biggest surprise came after Christmas

December 28, 2020 at 12:10 p.m.

Courtney Silha marks Sept. 7, 2017, as "probably the worst day." That is the day her son, Liam Anderson, now 9, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Over the past...

Red Cross, fellow residents step up to help 56 displaced by Christmas Day fire in Palos Hills apartment building

December 27, 2020 at 10:55 a.m.

Fifty-six Palos Hills residents were displaced following an early morning fire Christmas Day, but the American Red Cross and community members are trying to help them through a trying time....

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