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National Paintball Tournament makes last stop at Gaelic Park before World Cup championship

September 6, 2019 at 1:12 p.m.

The best paintball teams in the world are scheduled to compete Sept. 13-15 in the 2019 NXL Tournament in Oak Forest. The intense three-day event at Gaelic Park, which features...

Weeklong expo in Tinley Park offers events to promote ‘active aging’

August 30, 2019 at 3:15 p.m.

A weeklong health-oriented program scheduled to begin Sept. 9 in Tinley Park will focus on the medical and nutritional needs of Southland's more seasoned residents. The Active Aging Expo, open...

Shoppers peruse items for sale in a barn at The Center during a past rummage sale. (The Center)

The Center’s annual rummage sale to feature some 250,000 items

August 15, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

The Center in Palos Park may have spearheaded the idea of a pop-up store when it launched its first rummage sale at 12700 Southwest Highway in 2001. But while pop-up...

Officer Tim Jones, who was shot while on duty, joins dad in police chief organization

August 1, 2019 at 5:38 p.m.

A Park Forest police officer critically wounded in the line of duty has been inducted as an honorary member into a regional law enforcement organization that represents 75 suburban police...

Volunteers Khalil Wilson, left, and Christopher Doriety look over a client's order at the food pantry located at Respond Now in Chicago Heights on Monday, June 9, 2014. Respond Now is marking its 50th year with a fundraiser in September.

‘Because all of our neighbors matter’: Respond Now marks 50 years, help for 14,000 families

July 11, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

In 1969, a lone employee paid by Catholic Charities led dozens of volunteers determining the need — primarily food-related — in six Southland communities and how to meet it at...

Gazebo Jazz series continues with Joni & the Jazzuits in Tinley Park

July 3, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

Tinley Park Park District's Sandra Wolff-Chevalier said the free Gazebo Jazz Concert Series started "six years ago as Cool Jazz Nights." It morphed into the current title to take advantage...

OPPLCon celebrates pop culture with superheroes, stories, art and a tea party

July 2, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.

The Orland Park Public Library marks its fifth OPPLCon July 20 with the addition of a Royal Tea Party, a scavenger hunt, robot racing and the opportunity to wield a...

From left, Paige Joyce, Emma Wunder and Child Sexual Exploitation Advocacy & Outreach Coordinator Cheri Johnson play with comfort dogs Jackson, Kiwi and Malley during a June open house at the center's new satellite location in Steger.

Will Advocacy Center brings ‘hope and healing’ closer to children in eastern part of county

June 27, 2019 at 3:57 p.m.

Transporting traumatized children to specialized confidential counseling has been a longstanding problem for Will County residents living east of Harlem Avenue, according to Steger Police Chief Pat Rossi. "We have...

Popular Ridge Art Fair & Festival to feature 42 exhibitors showcasing original works in Beverly

June 16, 2019 at 9:37 a.m.

Newcomers photo-surrealist Matthew Coglianeseu and leatherworker Michelle McCullough are among 42 exhibitors who will be offering original fine arts, applied arts and/or crafts Saturday at the second annual Ridge Park...

Judy Mendelson discusses construction aspects of the structure that serves as home - along with an enclosed yard - to the farm's five chickens and lone rooster.

Historic Farm Walk in Park Forest offers time travel trip to age of outhouses, ‘stress free life’

June 14, 2019 at 12:39 p.m.

The young teen visiting the historic Hornicek Farm in the 997-acre Thorn Creek Woods Nature Preserve had a pressing need. "Where," he asked out of earshot of the 20 other...

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