Donna Vickroy – Page 35

The author's daughter journey to becoming a nurse began back in grammar school, when she was a frequent flyer in the school health office.

Vickroy: My daughter was a frequent flyer in the school nurse’s office. Now she’s getting a nursing degree, of course.

May 13, 2019 at 7:48 a.m.

Our daughter graduates Sunday with a degree in nursing. My husband and I couldn't be prouder. Nursing school is tough. There's complex terminology to memorize, complicated application scenarios to untangle,...

Ralph Killian searches the devastation at Mount St. Helens for signs of his missing son and daughter-in-law.

Palos Park author pens biography of David Johnston, Oak Lawn geologist killed on Mount St. Helens

May 22, 2019 at 12:20 a.m.

Melanie Holmes came to know David Johnston's story slowly, over time, and sometimes dinner. Long before she became the author of the newly released "A Hero on Mount St. Helens:...

Column: Love, empathy, ambition, history. Local women share the most precious gifts their moms gave them.

May 22, 2019 at 12:16 a.m.

As children across the nation ponder what to give their moms on Mother's Day, I thought it would be interesting to ask readers about the lasting gifts their moms have...

Jim Buschbach (from left), 86, Al Rodrigues, 91, Al Narkiewicz, 90, and Ed Worner, 81, play tennis together several times a week at the the Racquet, Fitness and Gymnastics Center in Oak Lawn.

4 south suburban men in their 80s and 90s prove tennis truly is a lifetime sport

May 22, 2019 at 12:19 a.m.

It's just before 8 on a Wednesday morning and four men in their 80s and 90s are owning the tennis courts inside the Oak Lawn Racquet, Fitness & Gymnastics Center....

Tinley Park baby is fourth generation baptized in 101-year-old gown made by her great-great-grandmother

May 22, 2019 at 12:18 a.m.

On March 17, 4-month-old Joanna Ritza entered the Catholic church in style — and in family tradition. Joanna, who was born on Christmas Day, became the fourth generation to be...

Tomi Tranchita stands in one of the empty pens on her Tinley Park property where she had been keeping coyotes for 13 years until Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Cook County Animal Control confiscated them April 24. Wednesday, May 1, 2019, in Tinley Park.

4 coyotes confiscated from Tinley Park property, leaving wildlife rescuer who had been caring for them ‘distraught’

May 22, 2019 at 12:18 a.m.

On April 24, Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources conservation police, accompanied by Cook County Animal Control officers, confiscated four coyotes that were being kept in pens at a Tinley Park...

Andrew students, from left, Amy Kowal, Annie Gregg, Shu Shu Sheikh and Payal Patel answer questions during an interview in Tinley Park, Ill. on Monday, April 29, 2019.(Mike Mantucca-Daily Southtown)

Fed up with world violence, Andrew High School students make video promoting tolerance

May 22, 2019 at 12:17 a.m.

The Christchurch mosque massacres took place halfway around the world, in New Zealand. And yet the horror reverberated across nations. Students in Tinley Park were so emotionally shattered by the...

Students Anna Wroblewsky (from left), Lakiera Nesbitt and Tyanna Wilson pose with Delta & Achieve program director Erin Collins at South Suburban College's Oak Forest campus.

New program at District 228 makes graduation a priority — despite health problems, pregnancy and other challenges

May 22, 2019 at 12:15 a.m.

Sometimes traditional high school can prove too much for a kid. The noise, the drama, the pace. And sometimes life gets in the way of a student's education. Health issues,...

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, nearly one-fifth of American adults had an anxiety disorder in the past year.

Understanding anxiety and how it differs from stress and worry

May 22, 2019 at 12:15 a.m.

A lot of things can make us anxious. Politics, work, social media, a 24-hour news cycle. Granted, occasional mild anxiety is healthy, experts say. It's normal to feel anxious before...

Southwest Side veterinarian had soft spot for police dogs and homeless pets

May 22, 2019 at 12:16 a.m.

Diane Lauer still remembers the day she brought her 5-year-old Shetland Sheepdog Sarah to see Dr. LaVerne De Leon Munsayac at the Midway Veterinary Clinic on Chicago's South Side. The...

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