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Re-enactors portraying German soldiers advance during a staged battle Saturday at World War II Days in Lockport's Dellwood Park.

Scenes from World War II brought to life at re-enactment in Lockport

May 21, 2019 at 11:05 p.m.

Bob Blecke spent this past weekend camping with all the comforts of 1944 before marching through Lockport’s Dellwood Park to face an oncoming Nazi onslaught. “It gets your adrenaline going,”...

Beer, doughnuts highlight 0.3K ‘fund run for the rest of us’ in Homewood

May 21, 2019 at 11:05 p.m.

Planners of a fundraising race coming up in Homewood know some participants require more than just cheers of the crowd to keep them going, so they’re providing beer at the...

‘It gives them a chance to be a kid again’: Frankfort playground heading overseas

May 21, 2019 at 11:04 p.m.

Playground equipment once heavily used by children in Frankfort soon will be heading to another country, where opportunities for play are harder to come by. Tim Clauson, a playground director...

Man charged with first-degree murder in shooting of 17-year-old in Homewood

May 21, 2019 at 11:03 p.m.

A 19-year-old man has been charged with first degree murder in the shooting of a 17-year-old male in Homewood, police said. Johnny Johnson, of Chicago Heights, along with Romane D....

Teen shot to death in Homewood, police say

May 8, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

A 17-year-old boy was shot to death Saturday in Homewood, police said. Romane D. Taylor, Jr. of Chicago Heights was found with gunshot wounds in the 19100 block of Loomis...

Dave Kestel and his daughter, Frankie, stand by their 1954 tractor they drove in Manhattan's Labor Day Parade.

Rose Bowl-bound Lincoln-Way band leads Manhattan’s Labor Day parade

May 21, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

The Lincoln-Way Marching Band had a busy Labor Day weekend, but organizers said it was good practice for the students for what’s coming up on New Year’s Day. After marching...

Hundreds of artists and vendors line the streets of downtown Frankfort for the 50th annual Fall Fest on Sept. 1, 2018.

Frankfort Fall Festival draws art lovers from near and far

May 21, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

It’s the unique, handcrafted artwork that attracts nearly 300,000 people to the Frankfort Fall Fest every year, according to organizers. The event, which started on Saturday and runs through Monday...

‘Some people call me the Pokemon master’: Oak Forest teen wins video game world championship title

May 21, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

Three years ago, Jacob Waller, then 14, of Oak Forest discovered his favorite Pokemon fighting character, Sceptile, in a gamed called Pokken and all he wanted to do was master...

Southland College Prep's Ambassador Marching Band marches into the school's new performing arts center on Aug. 29, 2018.

New performing arts center celebrated in Richton Park

May 21, 2019 at 11:01 p.m.

Jalen Stamps, a senior in Southland College Prep Charter High School’s marching band, is happy he no longer has to practice his flute in the school’s hallways. That’s because a...

Traveling Vietnam War Memorial replica returning to Oak Forest for first time since 2008

May 21, 2019 at 11:00 p.m.

The war ended more than 40 years ago, but for many the pain still lingers. Those feelings of hurt and loss are embedded in stone in the names of all...

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