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Gunner had to have his ear removed after sustaining a gunshot wound to the head in 2016. He was treated at Midwest Animal Hospital in Orland Park.

Husky shot in Chicago 2 years ago is now training to become a therapy dog

May 21, 2019 at 10:17 p.m.

It's a long journey from running solo on the mean streets of Chicago to settling in with a family, especially when you're carrying the baggage of gunshot trauma. Yet, Gunner,...

Chris Bartolini (left) and brother Dominic pose with their Mama's lasagna, a popular dish at their restaurant Bartolini's in Midlothian. Wednesday, April 18th, 2018, in Midlothian.

In the kitchen with the Bartolini brothers, whose spaghetti and meatballs are ‘No. 1 in Illinois’

May 21, 2019 at 10:21 p.m.

The secret, says Chris Bartolini, is sugar. "We put sugar in our ricotta," he says. "Everybody thinks it's in the sauce, but it's really in the cheese." Chris and Dominic...

Thousands turn out for the annual Beverly Breast Cancer Walk which raises funds for Little Company of Mary Hospital breast cancer equipment and services, and provides an opportunity for those affected by the disease to meet and share stories.

Beverly Breast Cancer Walk: ‘It’s become a Mother’s Day tradition’

May 21, 2019 at 10:20 p.m.

There are walks to support lots of good causes. And then there is the Beverly Breast Cancer Walk. Not only has the annual Mother's Day event drawn thousands of participants,...

Rashib Taylor, foster mother of four, visits the Greater Chicago Food Depository's producemobile stop at Shekinah Chapel in Riverdale each month, including a stop April 25.

‘I am able to eat because of this’: Produce trucks, farmers markets help solve Southland food deserts

May 21, 2019 at 10:16 p.m.

For six years Mark Davis has been first in line at monthly producemobile visits to Shekinah Chapel in Riverdale. Sometimes he lines up at 5:30 a.m. even though distribution from...

Andrew High School French classes rehearse a scene March 9, 2018 for a music video they made to "Aussi Fort" which means "That Strong." It is a song by popular French rapper Fefe.

‘That Strong’: Andrew High School French classes make music video to hip hop artist Fefe’s hit song

May 21, 2019 at 10:16 p.m.

How to make learning French more relevant and fun? Let the students speak their language. First-year teacher Cedric Andreani had his Andrew High School classes make a rap music video....

Bruce Smit, 71, recently met with Lorraine O'Kelly (left) and Kathleen Rys, two sisters that he and others bullied during grammar school. Tortured for years by the memory of his behavior, Smit said the opportunity to apologize has been "cathartic."

Vickroy: 2 sisters, a bully and the apology 60 years in the making that set them free

May 21, 2019 at 10:17 p.m.

On a Wednesday afternoon this month, some 60 years after they graduated from grammar school, the Rys sisters sat down and had a meal with a classmate for the first...

Phyllis Cheek, retired teacher and assistant principal of Hedges School in Chicago, has been volunteering for 11 years at Neat Repeats resale shop in Worth. Proceeds from the store support the Crisis Center for South Suburbia, which helps victims of domestic violence.

Crisis Center is celebrating volunteers and new home for Neat Repeats in Worth

May 21, 2019 at 10:15 p.m.

After Phyllis Cheek retired from teaching in 2003, she kept busy with sports and hobbies for a time. Then, in 2007, she felt a need to do something more, to...

Comfort care at the end of life means managing symptoms, such as pain, anxiety and shortness of breath, says Janet Burda, advance practice nurse at Palos Community Hospital.

Hospice is different from palliative care but both are considered ‘comfort care’

May 21, 2019 at 10:16 p.m.

Despite confusion over what exactly constitutes "comfort care," former first lady Barbara Bush's decision to opt for it is opening doors onto some very important conversations, according to local end-of-life...

Teresa Estrada is the most decorated student in the 68-year history of Reavis High School.

Reavis High School’s record-setting champ found her voice through poetry, drama

May 21, 2019 at 10:14 p.m.

Teresa Estrada went from being a newbie in town to the most decorated student in IHSA competitions in Reavis High School's 68-year history. "When I came here I didn't know...

Linda Rivard, a nurse at Advocate Children's Hospital, is shown with her son, Billy, a cancer survivor, April 5, 2018, at Advocate Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn.. Rivard started Pediatric Oncology Survivors in Transition at the hospital.

Navigating college and career after cancer: Program started by Oak Lawn nurse helps survivors pursue goals

May 21, 2019 at 10:13 p.m.

Of course there is life after cancer. But often there also are issues. And many of those issues can seem like roadblocks to students who simply want some vestige of...

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