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Joyce Cruse, a social studies teacher at Richards High School in Oak Lawn, said a teacher's job is to create an environment in which all students feel welcome and accepted. Feb. 1, 2018.

For World Hijab Day, Southland students, teachers don scarves in solidarity

May 21, 2019 at 9:56 p.m.

Jill Musil was mistaken for Rahaf Othman four times Thursday. That's because Musil, a psychology teacher at Harold L. Richards High School in Oak Lawn, wore a head scarf that...

The Oak Lawn Public Library recently hosted "Hygge and Wine," a program in which the Danish custom of creating cozy gatherings to help get through the winter was explained. Jan. 28, 2018.

Vickroy: Had it with winter? Make like the Danes and get cozy with hygge

December 14, 2018 at 6:49 p.m.

When you live in a northern clime, you have two choices: embrace winter or wait it out. Most of us choose the latter. But the older you get, the more...

In her original, unsettling debut story collection, Carmen Maria Machado blends the terrifying and horrible into a psychologically believable, dark comic mixture. Her work calls to mind other stellar practitioners of literary horror/gothic genre-bending, from Angela Carter and Shirley Jackson to Kelly Link and Sofia Samatar. Yet her voice and her sensibility seem entirely her own.

What’s everyone reading these days? Ask a librarian

May 21, 2019 at 9:56 p.m.

Read any good books lately? Ever wonder what other people across the Southland are reading? Me, too. So what better time than the dead of winter to find out? I...

Cart collector John LaRoy, who works for the Jewel-Osco store in Homer Glen, has been called "the hardest working man in Homer Glen."

The ‘hardest working man in Homer Glen’ is now a social media phenom

May 21, 2019 at 9:56 p.m.

On a cold and rainy Sunday afternoon, John Flemming, a regular customer at the Homer Glen Jewel, turned cart collector John LaRoy into a Facebook sensation. Flemming, who stops at...

Miracle Whip, Hamburger Helper and the zombie apocalypse: Daughter’s obituary for her father goes viral

May 21, 2019 at 9:55 p.m.

Many of the thousands of people reading and sharing Terry Ward's obituary on social media never met the man. But wish they had. From the very first line, which mentions...

Vickroy: Super Blue Red Moon coming, will be kicked off by total lunar eclipse

May 21, 2019 at 9:55 p.m.

It would be hard for any astronomical event to upstage last summer's solar eclipse. But a Super Blue Red Moon total lunar eclipse isn't a bad attempt. On Wednesday, all...

The Rag-a-nan, a depiction of the historical and personal narrative of African-American life that took 30 years for Aminah Robinson to create, is displayed at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Glenwood-Lynwood Public Library is planning a day trip there on March 3.

From civil rights to Soul Train, a month of Black History events across south suburbs

May 21, 2019 at 9:55 p.m.

Black History Month events offered this year in the Southland run the gamut from fun and entertaining to reflective and thought-provoking. The Glenwood-Lynwood Public Library, 19901 Stoney Island Ave., Lynwood,...

Alsip launches new rocket park, donates old playground to small downstate town

May 21, 2019 at 9:54 p.m.

This is a story about blastoffs and landings, big dreams and small gestures, and how an upstate community just south of Chicago is helping to bring joy to a downstate...

At 90, Hildegard Popoff is ready to retire and sell her specialty shop, All Small Miniatures in Frankfort, seen Jan. 11, 2018, is now up for sale.

From Germany to Chicagoland, Frankfort shop owner has led big life brightened by miniatures

May 21, 2019 at 9:53 p.m.

It may be a small world, after all, but for Hildegard Popoff, it has been a big, wonderful run. Retirement looms for the 90-year-old Hildegard, who grew up in the...

Jose Ramos, the actor who portrays John Laurens and Philip Hamilton in Chicago's "Hamilton," takes a selfie with Stagg High School choir and drama students Jan. 16, 2018, in Palos Hills.

Jose Ramos, of ‘Hamilton’ Chicago cast, visits Stagg High School after Puerto Rico donation

May 21, 2019 at 9:53 p.m.

Actor Jose Ramos took an Uber to Palos Hills Tuesday to fulfill a promise to meet with about 130 choir and drama students at Stagg High School. During an hourlong...

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