Anonymous ‘angel’ treats Stagg students to lunch
In a world overrun with headlines about shootings, scandals and a world gone awry, Jerry Palumbo offers a local heartwarming story that offers balance and speaks volumes about the community...
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Will County Forest Preserve officials crack down on ‘jerky’ behavior
Are you a nature jerk? Do you hog the path when hiking in the woods, let your dog run unleashed or leave a trail of litter in your wake? Forest...
South Suburban Humane Society opens animal adoption center in Homewood
Chicago Heights-based South Suburban Humane Society now has a new animal adoption facility in Homewood. "Let's open the doors and save lives," Emily Klehm said Friday afternoon during the ribbon-cutting...
Fair Oaks Farm videos lead to outrage and questions — why does animal abuse occur and why is it so hard to punish?
It may seem hard to believe in light of the disturbing videos captured at Fair Oaks Farm by an undercover animal rights investigator recently, but efforts to recognize and reduce...
‘The kids grew up on it’: Wolf’s Bakery’s lemon fluff cake a Southland delicacy for nearly 80 years
Editor's note: The Daily Southtown is celebrating the summer by featuring iconic foods of the Southland. We are looking for menu items that either originated or have a longstanding following...
Archaeologists, naturalists collaborate to safeguard the future and protect the past in Cook County Forest Preserves
Deep within the Palos network of Cook County Forest Preserves are pockets of land that hold secrets to the Chicago area's past. Last week, scientists, forest preserve employees and community...
Zion Lutheran Church’s community dinner gets a flavor boost from Certified Master Chef Tim Bucci
Eating is only part of it, says Master Chef Tim Bucci. "Cooking is about making people happy," Bucci said. So when 11-year-old Celia Lindokken of Tinley Park invited Bucci to...
The Center’s ‘plein air’ field trips invite artists to work outdoors, on location
It's hard to say which is lovelier, the landscape budding with irises and peonies or the artists seated among the blooms, capturing their interpretations on sketchpads. It is late on...
Pies and the piper: Diners at Lansing pizzeria treated to tunes from 92-year-old theater organ twice a week
Sausage? Pepperoni? Half "Chattanooga Choo Choo," half "Tale as Old as Time"? There's magic happening inside the Beggars Pizza in Lansing and it goes beyond turning tomatoes and cheese into...
As children born in the year of 9/11 come of age, their parents describe efforts to create a better world
The babies born in the year of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are turning 18. They entered the world during one of our nation's darkest chapters, bringing what their parents...