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In this screen grab from surveillance video tweeted by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, Audrey Elizabeth Hale points an assault-style weapon Monday inside The Covenant School in Nashville. The former student shot through the doors of the Christian elementary school and killed several children and adults before being killed by police.

Vickroy: It’s time for people to get angry, rise up and do something about assault weapons in this country

March 29, 2023 at 2:05 p.m.

In a nation obsessed with guns and gun lovers' rights, what chance does a 9-year-old have of making it through the school day anymore? Gunned down children, like gunned down...

Members of the Naperville Woman's Club congregate outside their headquarters on 14 S. Washington St. in the 1930s, which they purchased in 1925 for $3,500 and still use today.

Vickroy: Let’s celebrate women’s long history of working together to make life better — this month and all year

March 24, 2023 at 2:26 p.m.

Throughout history, individual women have been a force, pursuing dreams, pushing boundaries and furthering humanity despite often considerable manmade roadblocks. These brave, determined females are celebrated each March by official...

Members of the 1980 Moraine Valley volleyball team said they recall the friendship and fun times together as they kept winning games.

Moraine Valley 1980 women’s volleyball team took love for the sport all the way to nationals

March 19, 2023 at 3:04 p.m.

They were the little team that could. And did. Without ego, without a mascot, even without a name, the 1980 Moraine Valley women's volleyball team took their love for the...

The "temporary friends" with whom you form an instant bond because you're in the same place at the same time going through the same thing can be so important in making a good — or bad — experience into a memorable one too.

Vickroy: ‘Temporary’ friends — those you meet because of time and place — can be friends in need too

March 17, 2023 at 12:12 p.m.

They're called temporary friends, people with whom you form an instant bond because you're in the same place at the same time going through the same experience. And, because both...

Dogs love running around without a leash but not only is it against the law in most towns unless you're in a dog park, it's an invitation to disaster if the dog runs into the street or comes upon another unleashed dog.

Vickroy: Dogs love being off leash but you’re asking for trouble — and being a bad neighbor — if you do it

March 10, 2023 at 12:14 p.m.

Signs of spring are everywhere. Tulips bursting through the earth, leaf buds emerging on trees and piles of canine leftovers dotting the landscape. Humans are venturing back out with their...

A sensor-equipped shopping cart tallies purchases and bills shoppers later through the Amazon app, eliminating the need for the traditional checkout process on limited quantities of groceries.

Vickroy: Give the lady what she wants? How about price tags on merchandise and no apps or self-checkout lanes?

March 3, 2023 at 10:43 a.m.

I used to bring home the bacon and cook it. Now I have to scan it, bag it, app discount it, join its store's loyalty program and let corporate track...

George Washington lost a year off his age when England decided to switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, which shortened the number of days in a year because it's based on the Earth's orbit around the sun.

Vickroy: Here’s a tidbit about George Washington — and the history of time — you likely didn’t learn in school

February 23, 2023 at 5:38 p.m.

Now that we're done celebrating Presidents Day, and by that I mean enjoying a day off, let's consider some of George Washington's contributions. Father of our country, leader of the...

Pamela Steinmetz Peckman's grandfather had to have strenght and perserverance to leave Germany at age 13 to come to America as did she in overcoming many hurdles while researching, writing and publishing her book on his life, "Stronger."

Vickroy: Writing a book about her German grandfather’s move to America proved arduous for his granddaughter too

February 16, 2023 at 5:44 p.m.

In our most trying, most vulnerable moments, we learn how strong we truly are. In 1893, George Steinmetz spent his 13th birthday on a ship en route to America. Upon...

"A Man Called Ove" by Fredrik Backman comes highly recommended by Orland Park librarian Mary G. Adamowski. It tells the tale of a man enveloped in profound sadness whose new neighbors are determined to melt his cold heart, she says.

Vickroy: Looking for a good book? We ask the experts — local librarians — about what they recommend

February 10, 2023 at 8:16 p.m.

We all have one. Many of us have at least one. Books that changed our lives. A mesmerizing character. An unforgettable plot. A message that reverberates. They are works that...

Aldonna Janulis, right, befriended a doctor while touring Lithuania in 1993. After she was told how difficult it was to find nice clothing in the newly freed Eastern European country, Janulis traded the physician one of her stylish dresses for some fabric. When Janulis passed away a few years later, her daughters shipped all of their mother's dresses to her new friend in Lithuania.

Vickroy: Frankfort woman learned the life-lifting value of a dress from her Lithuanian mother. Now she wants to donate clothing to Ukraine.

February 7, 2023 at 8:54 a.m.

Fabric is a commodity. A beautiful dress, on the other hand, can be a product of change. For Jan Look, the war in Ukraine brings back a flood of memories,...

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