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A board with instructions of what a person should do in a drowning situation was shown recently to students at Washington Park in Michigan City.

Just because you know how to swim doesn’t mean you know how to survive drowning

June 4, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

As pool and beach season gets underway safety experts remind water lovers not to have a false sense of security because a lifeguard is on duty or because they know...

This photo, supplied by Random House, shows Lisa See, author of "The Island of Sea Women" and "Peony In Love," who the Palos Heights Public Library will present at Trinity Christian College's Ozinga Chapel June 25.

Palos Heights Library presents an evening with best-selling author Lisa See

June 2, 2019 at 8:57 a.m.

Reading can transport people to other times and new places. And sometimes avid readers are so grateful for a lifetime of such journeys that they pay the opportunity forward through...

The pursuit of friendship for adults often begins with online apps and meetup groups.

New mom’s struggle for real friends in a virtual world a common challenge

May 29, 2019 at 8:20 a.m.

New to the area, Jill da Silva is still searching for friends. "My family and I moved to the area and still haven't found a group of friends," she wrote...

Holden Jasudowicz, 12, and his father David started a seasonal business cleaning and beautifying grave markers.

Oak Lawn father-and-son team meet need for those who’ve lost loved ones with grave-cleaning business

May 26, 2019 at 5:00 a.m.

It's late afternoon on a Tuesday and 12-year-old Holden Jasudowicz and his dad are scrubbing the top of a grave marker at St. Casimir Cemetery. Holden has already edged around...

Mother McAuley student chosen ‘best actress’ in Illinois heads to New York for national competition

May 24, 2019 at 6:27 p.m.

It was her rendition of "Betty" in "White Christmas" last November that propelled her to the top of the acting world. Maggie Reed, a junior at Mother McAuley High School...

A foster kid turned foster parent, St. Xavier commencement speaker returned to school to set an example

May 23, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.

If you want to know what it's like to be a foster kid or a foster parent, ask Ron Guhl. He's been both. Though Guhl has always been open about...

After decades of pursuing her degree, 84-year-old Bolingbrook grandmother graduates from JJC

May 21, 2019 at 2:56 p.m.

A downside to enjoying the journey is that sometimes the journey has to end. And everyone asks what you'll do next. For 84-year-old Shirley Crowell, the journey to an associate's...

‘I wanted her with me that day’: Saint Xavier student brings beloved great-grandmother’s ashes to graduation

May 17, 2019 at 6:49 p.m.

Even after her great-grandmother died in September, Mercedes Andrade was determined the matriarch would not miss her college graduation. Delia Flores had been a constant light, an unconditional source of...

Tomi Tranchita had been keeping coyotes on her Tinley Park property for 13 years just had them confiscated by IDNR and Animal Control. Wednesday, May 1, 2019, in Tinley Park.

3 of 4 coyotes confiscated from Tinley Park woman’s property are dead

May 16, 2019 at 5:03 p.m.

Three of the four coyotes confiscated from Tomi Tranchita's Tinley Park backyard last month have died, according to a statement issued Wednesday by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. "Upon...

Increasingly, police are relying on social media to convey messages about crime and suicide prevention.

Matteson police issue suicide prevention message after recent calls

May 13, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.

"Suicide is the only mistake that cannot be undone," wrote Matteson Police Chief Michael Jones in a post on the village's Facebook page Monday. Jones said two recent incidents in...

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