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‘Weaving doesn’t have to be huge and expensive, but it can be’: Local Weavers’ Guild in 80th year of promoting loom craft

February 3, 2020 at 9:51 a.m.

The popularity of weaving has ebbed and flowed throughout the decades, but a local group formed around the craft has stuck together nearly 80 years. The group, now known as...

Military vehicles dating back to World War II line a wall at the Veterans Garage in Posen, where volunteers gather to restore the items to their former glory.

Combat equipment gets new life as teaching material thanks to volunteers at Veterans Garage in Posen

January 30, 2020 at 12:05 p.m.

Among the giant war machines parked in Joe Werner's Veterans Garage in Posen is his latest project — a 31-foot river patrol boat used by American soldiers along dangerous waterways...

Two men sought in Friday robbery of Frankfort bank

January 26, 2020 at 9:23 a.m.

The First Savings Bank of Hegewisch in Frankfort was robbed Friday afternoon, Frankfort police said. Two men entered the 10395 W. Lincoln Highway bank sometime before 4:40 p.m. and left...

Park Forest woman well over DUI limit in fatal Chicago Heights crash, prosecutors say

January 26, 2020 at 7:06 p.m.

A Park Forest woman's blood alcohol concentration was well over the legal drinking limit and she had marijuana in her system when she fatally struck a man in Chicago Heights...

A firefighter since he was 16, fire chief who led departments in Flossmoor and Sauk Village hangs up his hat

January 24, 2020 at 2:56 p.m.

Chris Sewell has stepped down as fire chief in Flossmoor after leading that department for 10 years. He had also served as the Sauk Village fire chief for seven years...

Archeologist Les Marszalek shows some of his local finds to a group during an event last weekend at Wolf Lake.

‘This whole area is covered with artifacts’: Local archaeologist talks ancient discoveries in the south suburbs

January 23, 2020 at 12:37 p.m.

A discovery of flint chips on the ground in an area of New Lenox in the mid-1980s led to one of the biggest archaeological finds in the south suburbs, according...

From left, NFL lineman Michael Schofield, Olympic gold medalist Kendall Coyne Schofield and Oak Forest firefighter Kurt DeGroot talk to children at a recent Project Fire Buddies gathering at the Oak Forest fire station.

Oak Forest-based Project Fire Buddies adds star power, enlists some Star Wars forces too

January 22, 2020 at 2:46 p.m.

Dozens of children battling — or who have battled — life-threatening illness and their families got to meet some of their favorite Star Wars characters recently, along with an NFL...

The building at 15402 Center Ave. in Harvey was boarded up the day after the fire.

Firefighters from 20 departments save historic downtown Harvey building

January 22, 2020 at 3:23 p.m.

Harvey firefighters responded to a three-alarm fire early Sunday morning at an historic building in the city's downtown. Fire Capt. Steve Gorman said up to 20 departments from surrounding areas...

Acclaimed poet James Ivy performed for Christ Hospital staff members as part of a MLK Day celebration.

Poet visit and cultural lunch at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn aims to ‘promote togetherness’

January 20, 2020 at 2:50 p.m.

Acclaimed Southland poet James Ivy would channel the power of Martin Luther King, Jr. to project his voice with confidence on stage. As the featured speaker Monday for Advocate Christ...

The Casseday Mansion in Joliet was built in 1851 and is considered one of the oldest inhabitable structures in Will County. Plans are in the works to move the structure to another site and renovate it for use as a museum.

Will County Historical Society acquires 1850s mansion, plans to open museum dedicated to African American experience

January 17, 2020 at 11:28 a.m.

The Lockport-based Will County Historical Society has agreed to take ownership of a historic Joliet mansion and move it to a new site to avoid demolition. Officials with the group...

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