Southland experts: How to comfort dying, bereaved? ‘Be there.’
She seemed asleep in the quiet, softly lit room in the hospice section of Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. Her face was soft, relaxed, almost peaceful. Her breathing...
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Game on: Sandburg’s varsity video gaming team to take on Maine West at computer conference Monday
Decisions, decisions: Should you choose the "champion" who fights safely from a distance? Or the one who gets up in your enemy's face? Perhaps the one who can cast spells?...
Peter Gros, of ‘Wild Kingdom’ fame, to host live shows at Moraine Valley Community College
On his first real day at work with Mutual of Omaha's "Wild Kingdom," Peter Gros got busted for embellishing a skill during his job interview, came face to face with...
New Lenox family offers Joliet Slammers players a home for the summer and a shot at the majors
Lisa VanderSchaaf calls them her "summer sons," the young baseball prospects who stay with her New Lenox family from April to September while pursuing their dream of making the major...
Lincoln was best, Nixon among the worst: Southland’s history experts weigh in on presidential performance
Abraham Lincoln has been named the best president in American history in a very unofficial, very unscientific survey of a handful of local high school and college social studies teachers....
Vickroy: In a nation besieged by mass shootings, can words protect us?
Words. In a nation that is armed, we have words to comfort us, unite us, protect us and convince us to affect change. Yet, what do you say to take...
Nigerian king visits Sandburg High School
World history students at Carl Sandburg High School had an audience with a king Friday morning. His Royal Majesty Oba Oyedele Rapheal, king of the Western Apoi Igbobini tribe in...
Homer Glen student among cross country cyclists on mission to document American cancer experience
Katherine Powell has never ridden more than 15 miles on a bicycle. Yet, she'll join a team of 24 other cyclists on a trek across the United States this summer....
Southland trainers demystify canine behavior as we enter Year of the Dog
Dogs don't know when one year ends and another begins. They have no idea that in Chinese astrology, this is their year. But it is. The Year of the Dog...
Domestic Violence 101 training might save a life
Late on a snowy Monday afternoon, five south suburban women make their way into the conference room of the Crisis Center for South Suburbia. A student, a volunteer, a board...