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Park Forest officially retires badge number of officer Tim Jones shot in 2016

March 23, 2020 at 3:15 p.m.

Four years after being critically wounded during an exchange of gunfire, Park Forest police officer Tim Jones holds no ill-will for the man who shot him three times in the...

The Pipes and Drums of the Chicago Police Department marched during the 2019 South Side Irish Parade in Chicago. 2020's parade is on March 15.

South Suburban Irish pull out all the stops for St. Patrick’s Day

February 20, 2020 at 3:52 p.m.

South Side and South Suburban Irish will celebrate the days up to and including St. Patrick's Day with parades, ethnic food, dancing and music, along with competitive racing. The South...

Virtuoso fiddler Liz Carroll, friends to mix, match Irish music at Beverly Arts Center

February 19, 2020 at 11:05 a.m.

Liz Carroll will return to the Beverly Arts Center March 6 with special guests Maeve Gilchrist and Nic Gareiss, along with the acoustic trio Open the Door for Three. Virtuoso...

Exhibit in Park Forest recreates 1950s elementary school Valentine’s Day party

February 10, 2020 at 3:07 p.m.

Warning: The 1950s Park Forest House Museum's current special exhibit may trigger memories of your first crush. "Step Back into a 1950s Valentine's Day" replicates a Forest Boulevard Elementary School...

Ron White ready for 2 shows at Rialto: ‘All I care about is funny’

February 5, 2020 at 10:07 a.m.

Ron White is promising material at his two Feb. 21 shows at the Rialto Square Theatre that is "99 and 44/100 fresh," if not necessarily "99 and 44/100 pure." White,...

Restoration Ministries employee Phillip Roach, left, and program participant Casey Richmond unload a donated curio cabinet at the organization's thrift store in South Holland.

Harvey-based organization fights drug addiction by ministering to the ‘hurt underneath’

January 29, 2020 at 3:11 p.m.

Ray Banks knows how it feels to be drug addicted. "You don't wake up one morning and say, 'I think I'll ruin my life,'" said Banks, a 17-year heroin and...

Just in time for Mardi Gras, The Big Lagniappe returns to Beverly Arts Center

January 21, 2020 at 1:38 p.m.

The Big Lagniappe (pronounced lan-yap) returns Feb. 21 to help the Beverly Arts Center celebrate Mardi Gras four days early with "a little something extra" for revelers in the way...

Lemont High School play recalls 1909 female garment workers’ strike

January 21, 2020 at 10:39 a.m.

"In the black winter of 1909, When we froze and bled on the picket line We showed the world that women could fight And we showed the world a woman's...

Oak Lawn police officer credited with lifesaving action

January 9, 2020 at 12:05 p.m.

An Oak Lawn police officer is credited with saving the life of a disoriented 37-year-old man who had forced his way out of his home through a closed window, according...

Park Forest Veterans Commission member Mark Kellogg glances at a text message while greeting shopper Peggy Johnson of South Holland last week at the Park Forest the Veterans Closet & Resource Center. Kellogg dropped by to help move donated items.

Park Forest volunteers help veterans throughout Southland, because ‘some only have a mattress on the floor’

December 2, 2019 at 2:12 p.m.

A program started four years ago to help struggling veterans in Park Forest earned the village statewide recognition last month in the form of a Governor's Hometown Award. But more...

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