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The people who started a Christmas Tree recycling program in partnership with the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District expect to keep more than 600 trees off area curbs and out of landfills this year.

Tree recycling program keeps ghosts of Christmas past out of landfill

May 21, 2019 at 9:44 p.m.

Christmas trees are a focus of delight for much of December in many area homes, but those evergreen branches become decreasingly lovely in the 12 days after Christmas. Rather than...

Hikers wander a path at Thorn Creek Nature Preseve on a cold winter day. The preserve's nature center will have a fundraiser Saturday that includes music, singalong carols and homemade soup and bread. Entry is a bag of groceries for the Rich Township Food Pantry.

Rock music, carols highlight ‘food-raiser’ event at Thorn Creek

May 21, 2019 at 9:42 p.m.

The Northside will head south Saturday to assist an effort to feed the hungry this holiday season. A Wriglyeville-based rick band, The Northside is headlining a Woodland Carols event at...

Actors Sabrina Howard, of Homewood, from left, looks and Cayley D'Anna, of Beecher, listen to Prairie State College English professor Justin Vidovic during a recent rehearsal of "The Elephant Man" at the college in Chicago Heights.

Prairie State production marks college’s first foray into theater

May 21, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

Six years after Prairie State College students formed The Etel Billig Theater Society, the PSC Players are poised to finally take the stage for a wider audience Thursday as they...

Fundraiser offers look at four homes for the holidays

May 21, 2019 at 9:38 p.m.

Nothing symbolizes the spirit of the holiday season more than neighbors opening their doors and hospitality to guests they've never met. And if those doors open to rooms lavishly decorated...

Army combat veteran Muriel Williams, left, leads a small group discussion during a recent Dialogues on the Experience of War class at Governors State University.

Veterans join students at GSU for class focused on trauma of war

May 21, 2019 at 9:36 p.m.

According to Army combat veteran Muriel Williams, dealing with trauma comes down to "how you process it and what you make of the experience — no matter what happens." "Some...

Grant Niebergall, owner of 1 Fine Tune, a drum repair shop in Homewood, stands in front of a wall filled with autographed drum heads.

Homewood man drums up instrument repair business

May 21, 2019 at 9:35 p.m.

Chris Radostits turned to Homewood drum technician Grant Niebergall for help when he inherited a lackluster 1950s drum set from his grandfather's polka band. In order to bring the 1950s...

Director Jane Nicoll and Docent Rick Gaiser pause during a private tour of the 1950s Park Forest House Museum.

Autumn arrives in the 1950s at Park Forest museum

May 21, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

Harking back to a time when costumed kids could spend Halloween roaming neighborhoods in search of cavity-inducing treats and mischievous tricks consisted of "soaping" windows, the 1950s Park Forest House...

Lockdown lifted at Tinley Park High School after student threat, officials say

May 21, 2019 at 9:33 p.m.

Officials locked down Tinley Park High School Friday after receiving a threat from a student, officials said. The school was locked down from 8:40 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Assistant Village...

Nearly 80 Beverly elementary school students walked one mile Friday to help raise money to rehabilitate three wells for a village in Kenya.

80 Beverly elementary school students walk mile to raise money to rehabilitate wells in Kenya

May 21, 2019 at 9:32 p.m.

Nearly 80 Beverly elementary school students walked one mile Friday to help raise money to rehabilitate three wells for a village in Kenya. Kellogg Elementary School's walk-a-thon raised $3,000 from...

Rabid Brewing owners Tobias Cinchon and Raiye Rosado pause Friday during preparations for their two-night grand opening in Homewood.

Homewood’s first microbrewery opens its doors

May 21, 2019 at 9:30 p.m.

The taps opened Friday on a concept that has been brewing for two years as Homewood's first commercial creator of craft beers opened its doors. Rabid Brewing, Homewood's first microbrewery...

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