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Tom Kaminsky, an account executive with Canon Solutions America, pauses while readying planters for the playground area of the Illinois Action for Children Head Start facility during volunteer workday Friday.

Volunteers plant seeds of community involvement at Ford Heights childhood center

May 21, 2019 at 10:32 p.m.

The group outside the Illinois Action for Children Early Learning Center in Ford Heights on Friday wielded shovels, cultivators and other tools. They lugged flats of plants, toted sacks of...

Homewood kicks off summer festival season June 8 and 9 with Artisan Street Fair

May 21, 2019 at 10:27 p.m.

Homewood's annual summer kick-off returns the afternoon of June 8 and continues into the following evening, tapping the talents and skills of more than 80 Midwestern artists and crafters. The...

From left, Director Dustin Vail and violinists Rachel Joyce of Minooka, Brook Sanders of Monee, Daniel Rego of Tinley Park and Ruby Mikulski of Homewood practice for the Suburban Youth Symphony Orchestra's Spring Concert taking place Sunday in Crete.

Suburban Youth Symphony Orchestra on mission to ‘resuscitate string education’

May 21, 2019 at 10:18 p.m.

David Forsman credits his career as a professional cellist to his early introduction to classical stringed instruments through a program at Crete Elementary School in Crete. But that educational offering...

Southland schools perform near sweep at state drama tourney

May 21, 2019 at 10:14 p.m.

A little more than a third of the groups participating in the IHSA Drama and Group Interpretation state finals competition hailed from south suburban high schools, but the Southland students...

Jeanne Caswell, a resident of Juniper Tower in Park Forest, pauses in front of her building, where her apartment is set to be part of a $75,000 improvement project planned by the Cook County Housing Administration.

Cook County $75M housing upgrade largest for south suburbs since 2005

May 21, 2019 at 10:13 p.m.

Ask Jeanne Caswell what she likes best about living at the Juniper Tower senior high-rise in Park Forest and she's likely to respond she values living independently. "I can go...

Colorful Adirondack chairs adorn a park in 2013 in Sheboygan, Wis. An effort this summer aims to decorate downtown Homewood with chairs painted by locals. The chairs eventually will be auctioned off to benefit the Cancer Support Center.

Homewood inviting artists to take a seat for public art project

May 21, 2019 at 10:12 p.m.

Homewood was marking its 100th year as a village in 1993 when the Cancer Support Center opened its doors to cancer patients and their families. A quarter century later, Homewood...

A select group of seventh-graders at Colin Powell Middle School in Matteson learn about the green energy systems powering the heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and lighting at their school during a behind the scenes tour Wednesday.

Matteson seventh-graders go behind the scenes to see what powers their school

May 21, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

A look behind the scenes at how their school building works was an eye opener for a group of Colin Powell Middle School students. Camille Britton and Norman Brewton, two...

Shepard High School cadets preparing to defend computer systems from cyber attacks at national competition

May 21, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from Alan B. Shepard High School are heading to Baltimore this spring on a mission of protection. They'll be fending off cyberattacks...

Man found dead after Flossmoor fire

May 21, 2019 at 10:03 p.m.

A man was found dead inside a Flossmoor home Wednesday following a fire at the residence, officials said. Fire crews, who responded to the home in the 2000 block of...

Opossum rescued after being stuck in pavilion post near dog park: ‘They’ve got teeth like saw blades’

May 21, 2019 at 10:03 p.m.

A police officer with the Forest Preserve District of Will County thinks a creature that got stuck in a pavilion post will be just fine after he freed it on...

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