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7-year-old ‘superhero’ is face of this year’s St. Baldrick’s campaign at Millennium School

May 21, 2019 at 10:07 p.m.

Near tears, Noelle O'Connell recalled the terrifying walk she and her husband Tim made through hospital hallways to see their first-grader son in recovery following brain surgery. It was Sept....

A pair of students at Thornton Fractional South High School in Lansing stand beneath the flagpole near the main entrance with signs just ahead of a student-led walkout March 14, 2018.

‘We all want a voice’: Southland students say #ENOUGH through walkouts, remembrances

May 21, 2019 at 10:06 p.m.

Across the Southland Wednesday morning, thousands of high school students participated in the #ENOUGH National School Walkout. From Oak Lawn to Lansing to Palos Heights, in Frankfort and in Summit,...

Beloved country veterinarian ‘Doc’ Cecil Ingmire treated farm animals, inspired community

May 21, 2019 at 10:06 p.m.

The calls would come at all times, on holidays, in the middle of the night and during his beloved "Bonanza" TV shows, but always veterinarian Cecil Ingmire would go. For...

Mom of baby with Down syndrome thanks Homer Glen community for holding Emily’s Heart close to its own

May 21, 2019 at 10:06 p.m.

It has been a roller coaster of events and emotions for Laurie Cepkauskas since we last spoke two winters ago. Back then, she was the mother of a newborn girl...

Oak Lawn-based senior women’s tennis team takes gold at nationals

May 21, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

Oak Lawn is the host city to a team of gold medal winners. The senior women's amateur tennis team, which practices and competes at the Oak Lawn Park District Racquet,...

Lauren Reeder heads up a new inclusion resource center for guests with sensory issues and other disabilities inside the Hamill Family Play Zoo at Brookfield Zoo. March 7, 2018.

Brookfield Zoo seeks to be more inclusive to those with disabilities, special needs

May 21, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

They call it a zoo within a zoo, what with its child-friendly animal hospital, greenhouse and animal viewing spaces. But the Hamill Family Play Zoo is also a microcosm of...

The Easter Bunny needs your help: Jelly bean donations sought by Children’s Farm in Palos Park

May 21, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

A-tisket, a-tasket, want to fill an Easter basket? You don't need whiskers or big means to donate jelly beans. This just in: The Easter Bunny needs your help. More than...

Heart attack, choking, gunshot wound — knowing CPR, lifesaving skills can change outcomes

May 21, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

If the fact that nearly half a million Americans die from cardiac arrest each year isn't incentive enough to learn CPR perhaps mass shootings like the one at Marjory Stoneman...

Members of the Richards High School Feminism Club pose for a photo before a Women's History Month assembly.

From suffrage movement to #MeToo, Richards’ Feminism Club enlightens student body

May 21, 2019 at 10:04 p.m.

Florida is only the tip of the iceberg. Across the nation, teens are joining forces to make this country a better nation for all. To kick off Women's History Month,...

In his Mokena garage, Al Schroader repairs and refurbishes used bicycles that he then gives away to children and adults in need.

Not your parents’ retirement: Local seniors find new adventures, passions and a second wind

May 21, 2019 at 10:03 p.m.

There is a movement afoot right now in this country, says Diane Heliker, associate professor of nursing at Saint Xavier University. But it is not the typical kind of change...

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