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Gregory Alexander, aka Professor Moptop on WXRT-FM, has written a textbook about the Beatles early years.

WXRT’s Professor Moptop, an Alsip native, publishes Beatles textbook backed by Kickstarter campaign

May 21, 2019 at 11:43 p.m.

Attention class: Professor Moptop says if you want to know more about the Beatles, perhaps you should start where his course does, at the beginning. Gregory Alexander, aka Beatles expert...

Tammy Smit (center) organized the meeting last spring that enabled Bruce Smit to apologize to sisters Lorraine O'Kelly (left) and Kathleen Rys for bullying them while all were in grade school. The three have since become friends, even meeting for a holiday lunch.

Sisters forgive him, but former bully admits ‘the guilt still haunts me’ as a year of healing closes

May 21, 2019 at 11:41 p.m.

It has been eight months of exhaling for the bully and the sisters he helped torment while all were in grade school. Last April, Bruce Smit made amends for the...

A giant blow-up parrot that sometimes appears on the lawn at Jimmy Buffett concerts is among the items on display in Dominic Kowalczyk's holiday light show in Tinley Park.

Tinley Park man’s holiday display on Avon Lane brings joy to visitors, hope to downtrodden

May 21, 2019 at 11:41 p.m.

As thousands were walking through Dominic and Alyssa Kowalczyk’s Winter Wonderland in Tinley Park last weekend, a homeless family was hoping for a miracle at nearby Together We Cope. Some...

The Rev. Lynn Bird, left, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Tinley Park, poses with volunteer Roberta Hasse during a church event last summer. Bird said depression and anxiety can run high during the holidays, particularly for people who are alone.

Column: The best holiday gift for the senior in your life? Time and attention.

May 21, 2019 at 11:37 p.m.

In this season of giving and gathering, it’s a good time to remember that the best gift of all might be the one that can’t be bought, wrapped or overnighted....

Salvation Army bell-ringer Angela Lynn is one of the top fundraisers during the holiday season providing music and dancing outside the Homer Glen Jewel Osco.

Salvation Army’s top Southland bell-ringer brings spirit of Christmas to Homer Glen

May 21, 2019 at 11:36 p.m.

To see her in action, you’d never know Angela Lynn has suffered heartbreak and loss. Since Nov. 12, the high energy Salvation Army bell-ringer has been singing, dancing and, as...

Santa, who also goes by the name Rick Davis, holds 3-month-old Keira Siwinski Wednesday at Orland Square Mall in Orland Park.

Santa talks cookies, toys and ‘speed of starlight’ at Orland Square

May 21, 2019 at 11:37 p.m.

The North Pole is more than 3,300 miles from Orland Square, but Santa Claus has magic on his side. The ability to “travel at the speed of starlight” enables Santa...

Proceeds from the sale of Abby Ohl keepsake pins will go toward a scholarship to be granted to an Andrew High School graduate who decides to study special education.

Keepsake pin honors memory of late teacher Abby Ohl, who collapsed in classroom

May 21, 2019 at 11:37 p.m.

She was their sunshine. With her bright smile and quick sense of humor, special education teacher Abby Ohl lit up Virgil I. Grissom Middle School in the short time she...

Sister Mary Jo Sobieck leads a group of Marian Catholic students, along with chaperone Thomas Desmond through the streets of Chicago's Loop to hand out care packages to the homeless Saturday.

Marian Catholic’s Sister Sobieck on mission to help homeless: ‘We rise up when we meet people where they are’

May 21, 2019 at 11:36 p.m.

Sister Mary Jo Sobieck may be famous for the perfect fast ball she threw before a White Sox game last summer, but it’s the pitch she makes for compassion toward...

Carl Sandburg students line up to get lunch from one of Joey's Red Hots food trucks Wednesday at Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park.

Sandburg culinary students find hot dogs, tacos and inspiration in food trucks

May 21, 2019 at 11:34 p.m.

Some kids find inspiration for final exams in books or the library. Carl Sandburg High School’s culinary arts students recently found theirs, with lunch on the side, at the counter...

The discovery of this tiny horoscope clipping prompted Donna Vickroy to reflect on her mother's life.

Vickroy: A surprise discovery and a reminder that time marches on, but you never get over losing your mother

May 21, 2019 at 11:35 p.m.

My granddaughter’s tiny hands tore through the jewelry stand, sending costume trinkets and puffs of cotton flying into the air. As the corner of my bedroom began to look like...

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