Donna Vickroy

In a summer packed with big-screen superheroes you might find it incredible to learn that real lifesavers walk among us. Today, both a 66-year-old Chicago Ridge grandfather and a 62-year-old...

Bill Mancke was 17 the first time he and some friends ditched school to join the Marines. “They didn’t accept us,” said Mancke, who was born in Blue Island and...

The thing about stroke is that it can happen to anyone, even super healthy athletic young people who “win every FitBit challenge.” Fortunately, for Chris Scholten, his wife Crystal was...

They came as fans ready to cheer on the player who had been manager of their high school’s girls softball team for three years. But when the teens realized Maddie...

Which of the following can carry pathogens capable of making you sick? a) a whole cantaloupe b) a raw chicken drumstick c) a kitchen towel Savvy chefs, health-care workers and...

As she pressed masa dough into the grooves of a corn husk shell, Kara Fanelli talked about tamales and her mission. “I always knew I wanted to do this, to...

Kids work hard all school year. And then comes summer. As much as parents and teachers may want youngsters to have a fun, restful, even lazy few months off, no...

Early in her role as principal of St. John Fisher Elementary School, Sister Jean McGrath was tasked with deciding who should ride on a float in the South Side Irish...