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Christmas tree butter cookies get decorated. Dec. 21, 2015 at The International House on the University of Chicago campus

Before you preheat the oven, consider these holiday expert cookie baking tips

May 21, 2019 at 11:32 p.m.

Oh gingersnap, of course it’s cookie season. As amateur bakers gather up their rolling pins, cutters and sprinkles, we reached out to some local experts for a few pointers. Both...

Orland Park family donates toys, gift cards to sick kids in memory of teen who died of cancer

May 21, 2019 at 11:32 p.m.

A doll, a craft kit, a gift card to Starbucks. They can’t take away the pain of a medical procedure, but they can bring a bit of joy or at...

Sam and Cosmo, who were brought to PAWS animal shelter in Tinley Park after their owner of 10 years relinquished them in June, now have a forever home.

Lockport couple gives abandoned bonded pair, Cosmo and Sam, a forever home

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

Few things tug at the heart strings like a dog in distress. So when PAWS animal shelter in Tinley Park announced last week it had taken in two dogs, a...

Shelly Broniec, a director at PAWS in Tinley Park, walks Cosmo and Sam, who are hoping for a forever home.

After their owner of 10 years gave them up, dogs Cosmo and Sam are hoping for a forever home together this Christmas.

May 21, 2019 at 11:32 p.m.

For more than 10 years they played together, chased the ball together, slept together under the care of a single owner. But now, Cosmo and Sam are homeless together. Officials...

Argo student travels to Japan to help friend with traumatic brain injury get exoskeleton therapy

May 21, 2019 at 11:32 p.m.

A year ago this Christmas, two teens who live 300 miles apart met and became friends. A lot has happened since Cristina Garza, a junior at Argo Community High School...

Will County Forest Preserve’s Willy the Woodchuck gets his own website, Facebook page

May 21, 2019 at 11:30 p.m.

“We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” — Native American proverb To help parents in nurturing their children to appreciate nature, the Will...

This image released by Universal Pictures shows the character Grinch, voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, in a scene from "The Grinch."

Vickroy: Don’t let the rise of grinchiness steal your Christmas

May 21, 2019 at 11:30 p.m.

In a year filled with much to complain about, it’s easy to throw Christmas onto the pile. Christmas is expensive, fattening, time-consuming and, well, I could go on and on,...

Students Nada Razek and Fatima Alshwayyat (front, from left) stand inside the Stagg school store with speech language pathologist Kelly Fino (back, from left), student Abriana Moyzis and speech language pathologist Margaret Lading.

Stagg School Store is where students go for coffee, doughnuts and work experience

May 21, 2019 at 11:24 p.m.

The Stagg School Store is a place where teens can find what they need, whether that’s a tasty snack, a warm winter coat or valuable job skills. The shop, replete...

Dylan Gluszek, a sophomore at Bremen High School in Midlothian, created a holiday light show aimed at inspiring people to donate food, which he will deliver to the local food pantry. Last year, he collected more than 1,000 pounds of non-perishable items.

Midlothian teen hoping to collect 2,000 pounds of food through over-the-top holiday yard display

May 21, 2019 at 11:29 p.m.

It’s hard to know how kids will react to hardships they experience growing up. What’s amazing is that some of them develop such a keen sense of empathy that they...

Eric Kallenborn's graphic novels class reads "Miles Morales: Spider Man" as a way to appreciate Marvel Comics creative genius Stan Lee, who died Nov. 12.

Shepard teacher commemorates creative genius of Stan Lee in his English classes

May 21, 2019 at 11:27 p.m.

Just one day after comic genius Stan Lee died, Eric Kallenborn was tweaking his English classes’ syllabuses to commemorate the man who was often called the superhero of superheroes. Lee,...

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