Donna Vickroy

Park Forest police lip sync video part of law enforcement’s campaign to use social media to ‘tell our story’

May 21, 2019 at 11:07 p.m.

A lip sync video starring injured police officer Tim Jones is among the latest Park Forest Police Department Facebook posts to score a hit with followers. The video, which went...

Through heritage language classes and ‘Dreamers’ club, Bremen addresses needs of a growing Hispanic population

May 21, 2019 at 11:08 p.m.

Teaching is about meeting kids where they’re at and taking them further, says Gina Arguelles, who teaches Spanish at Bremen High School in Midlothian. In the case of students who...

Dwight D. Eisenhower High School teacher Nicole Petrauskas (right) chats with Rita McDermott, the teacher who inspired her to pursue a career in education, at Prairie Junior High in Alsip.

Southland teachers recall educators who inspired them

May 21, 2019 at 11:05 p.m.

In a nation where you can choose to be practically anything, why be a teacher? The hours are long, the pay isn’t great and the daily grind of trying to...

Ahmad Graham, a student at Richards High School, encourages his classmate Ibrahim Hasan during Challenge Day, a daylong social and emotional learning workshop. Sept. 18, 2018, Oak Lawn.

Teens, adults share their pain and their support during Challenge Day at Richards High School

May 21, 2019 at 11:07 p.m.

Raise your hand if: You’ve been affected by divorce. You’ve been treated differently because of your race, gender or religion. You’ve ever been picked on, gossiped about, belittled or judged....

Production lights illuminate the upper windows of a Victorian-style house in Frankfort during filming of "The Girl in the Third Floor Window" on Sept. 12, 2018, in Frankfort.

‘It’ll give you some nightmares’: Filming wraps on ghost movie shot in Frankfort’s ‘haunted’ house

May 21, 2019 at 11:05 p.m.

It’s late Wednesday afternoon during the last week of filming at 207 Center Road in Frankfort and other than a few late-night oddities, there’s been no evidence that the fictional...

Her teachers became her parents: Decades later, Southland educator recalls couple who ‘took a total risk’ on a foster kid

May 21, 2019 at 11:05 p.m.

Amid the shuffle for new supplies and back-to-school gear, it’s important to remember that lots of kids are carrying more than the burden of a heavy backpack to class each...

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Park Forest police lip sync video part of law enforcement’s campaign to use social media to ‘tell our story’

Through heritage language classes and ‘Dreamers’ club, Bremen addresses needs of a growing Hispanic population

Southland teachers recall educators who inspired them

Teens, adults share their pain and their support during Challenge Day at Richards High School

‘It’ll give you some nightmares’: Filming wraps on ghost movie shot in Frankfort’s ‘haunted’ house

Her teachers became her parents: Decades later, Southland educator recalls couple who ‘took a total risk’ on a foster kid

Vickroy: Moviegoers, please stop trashing the theater

Shepard teacher’s ‘scannable’ hoodie, designed by Parkland kids, encourages voter registration

Southland seniors dive deep into Illinois history on eve of its bicentennial

School spirit: How much do you know about Southland high schools?