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A Beverly woman started an online support group for foster parents and now shares experience and advice with nearly 4,000 people

August 6, 2021 at 1:09 p.m.

When people suggest foster parents do it for the money, Tina Peterson lets out a little chuckle. Those who open their homes to children in need do get a monthly...

Big Event Heroes return to action at Sertoma Centre cook-off

May 18, 2021 at 3:15 p.m.

After hosting its Big Event Heroes Cook-Off virtually in 2020, Sertoma Centre is bringing the event, along with its fabulous food offerings, back this year live and in person. The...

Jackson Wilson (left) and Degan Tucker share their experiences of working through change during the pandemic as students at Homewood-Flossmoor High School.

As teens return to school, some still navigate mental health issues

March 23, 2021 at 1:02 p.m.

In the past year, teenagers watched major milestones evaporate before their eyes, while also missing out on all the small moments that make the teen years unique. Mental health professionals...

‘Being the Dream’: Online project collects expressions of south suburban Black experience through crowdsourced performances

February 26, 2021 at 1:10 p.m.

As The Drama Group in Chicago Heights works to reorganize its bylaws to be more inclusive, its creative team has gathered expressions of the Black experience for a virtual production...

Gabriel Wallace reads the book "The Champ" about Muhammad Ali, captured by videographer Dave Baer during a recent recording session for the Real Men Read program.

Real Men Read program enlists role models to share stories with youth and ‘sow positive seeds’

February 15, 2021 at 3:48 p.m.

As John W. Fountain walked down the hallway of Matteson Elementary School in Matteson, a student noticed him. Fountain was there to read a book to students, keeping a commitment...

After 3 decades of helping out, Crisis Center award came as ‘an unexpected honor’ for longtime volunteer

January 29, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Two of Beth Mahar's great loves led her to become a committed volunteer for Crisis Center for South Suburbia. One, her husband, introduced her to the organization more than 30...

‘Chicago P.D.’ actor LaRoyce Hawkins funds mural to bring light to his Harvey hometown

January 6, 2021 at 12:31 p.m.

Bright and boldly colored, a new outdoor mural in Harvey marks the first step in an effort by a now-famous former son to bring "light" to his hometown. LaRoyce Hawkins,...

Cars enter the Elisabeth Ludeman Developmental Center April 9, 2020, in Park Forest, when the state-run residential center for adults with developmental disabilities had recorded 52 cases of COVID-19.

After outbreak of COVID-19 in the spring, changes at Ludeman Center in Park Forest kept resurgence numbers down, officials say

December 29, 2020 at 2:51 p.m.

What began as a health emergency at a state-operated development center in Park Forest has become a managed situation, according to two state legislators. Although still serious, cases of COVID-19...

The Steinhauser family hosts a drive-through fundraiser at their Frankfort home, a 2020 version of an annual event that raises money for CHARGE syndrome research.

Frankfort family adapts inflatable display party raising money for CHARGE syndrome research

December 20, 2020 at 11:15 a.m.

You can't miss the house. The ranch home that sits on a corner in Frankfort's Lakeview Estates neighborhood is completely surrounded by festive inflatable lawn decorations. It's the home of...

"There are a lot of people who are missing being at that studio building. Besides being at the building to do the work, it's fun," said Tina Zagone of the Drama Group in Chicago Heights.

As it approaches its 90th anniversary, The Drama Group uses shutdown time to explore new opportunities for community theater

December 12, 2020 at 5:00 a.m.

As The Drama Group approaches a century of performing in the south suburbs, the all-volunteer theater company is tearing up the script — or at least heavily editing it. The...

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