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Siobhan Diaz and Dan Janiczek, of Park Forest, served up a vanilla cream ale at a home brew competition Saturday at Flossmoor Station Brewery.

At Flossmoor Station beer competition, it’s the Pilsner by a nose over a New England IPA

May 21, 2019 at 10:49 p.m.

Among craft beer connoisseurs, India pale ales remain immensely popular, a trend that played out Saturday at Flossmoor Station Brewery’s inaugural home brew competition. Alien Juice, a New England IPA,...

Jacob Wallen, 17, stands with his 2018 National Pokken Championship trophy in front of his Oak Forest home. Pokken is a video game in which players use Pokemon characters to fight each other.

Oak Forest teen wins North America Pokemon fighting championship, moves on to world tourney

May 21, 2019 at 10:49 p.m.

Jacob Waller had spent many hours mastering every move of his favorite Pokemon fighting character, he nearly met his match a round before competing for the championship. The 17-year-old from...

A large window pane was boarded up at the Weight Watchers in Orland Park after a driver crashed through it Saturday morning.

Vehicle crashes through window at Orland Park Weight Watchers store

May 21, 2019 at 10:49 p.m.

A driver crashed a vehicle through the Weight Watchers store in Orland Park Saturday morning, a fire official said. There were no injuries reported in the incident at 6:30 a.m.,...

7-year-old Matteson girl goes to Washington to lobby for fight against sickle cell disease

May 21, 2019 at 10:48 p.m.

Olivia Shorter, of Matteson, walked the halls of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., and entered the offices of several members of Congress for one-on-one meetings. Shorter, 7, was there...

Festival-goers dance to the '80s tunes of "The Breakfast Club" band on Sunday during the 20th annual Tinley Park Block Party.

Tinley Park celebrates 1980s at Oak Park Avenue block party

May 21, 2019 at 10:47 p.m.

Songs, such as “Hit me with your Best Shot,” blared through the speakers and more than a few of the thousands of visitors to downtown Tinley Park on Sunday sported...

Chris Montgomery, 59, takes a swing during the World Wiffle Ball Championship in Midlothian on Saturday.

Hundreds of backyard baseballers descend upon Midlothian for World Wiffle Ball Championship

May 21, 2019 at 10:46 p.m.

Calling themselves the Wiffle Hawks and wearing jerseys paying homage to the Iowa Hawkeyes college sports teams, Josh Weltz and several of his friends drove about eight hours from Sioux...

The remains of a house in the 14800 block of South Honore Avenue in Harvey that was destroyed by fire Sunday morning. The people living in the home escaped uninjured.

Arson suspected in Harvey house fire

May 21, 2019 at 10:46 p.m.

A fire that destroyed a house in Harvey early Sunday morning is being investigated as a possible arson, a fire official said. Firefighters received the call for the fire in...

Family searching for 14-year-old boy missing from Tinley Park

May 21, 2019 at 10:46 p.m.

The family of Imad Alsarraj, 14, of Tinley Park, said he has been missing since Thursday. His sister, Larisa Mujkic, said Imad was last seen on the 7300 block of...

Southland family honors dad’s memory by driving his ashes down Dixie Highway in convoy of Plymouth Prowlers

May 21, 2019 at 10:46 p.m.

Driving with the tops down, four siblings and other family members rolled down the Dixie Highway last month in a convoy of Plymouth Prowlers. They were bringing their father’s ashes...

Daryl Carter sets up his paintball guns before a battle Sunday at the Badlandz paintball field in Crete.

Like ‘Call of Duty’ but a lot more fun: Weekend warriors play paintball scenarios in Crete

May 21, 2019 at 10:42 p.m.

During the week, Daryl Carter works as an industrial designer but during the weekends he’s a general commanding men to victory against the opposition on the paintball battlefields of Crete....

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