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Frankfort police program aids young drivers with disabilities

May 22, 2019 at 12:08 p.m.

Officer Leanne Bender, of the Frankfort Police Department, and Lincoln-Way Area Special Education District 843 teacher Scott Stacel created a program to help young drivers with disabilities become more comfortable...

Pam Wandersen, a finalist for the Illinois Teacher of the Year award, stands outside her third-grade classroom at Indian Trail School in Frankfort Square, where she has taught for 14 years of her 21-year career.

Head of the class

May 22, 2019 at 12:08 p.m.

Giving students "brain breaks" is just one of the successful teaching tactics Pam Wandersen uses in her third-grade class at Indian Trail School in Frankfort Square. Whichever strategy she has...

Marian Catholic High School alum and former NFL star Mike Prior, right, speaks to members of the school's football team before a presentation for the Super Bowl High School Honor Roll campaign.

As good as gold

May 22, 2019 at 12:08 p.m.

Mike Prior is one of the top athletes ever to graduate from Marian Catholic High School. Now there's a memento at the Chicago Heights school pointing to him as a...

Golf outing a boost for Frankfort-based foundation

May 22, 2019 at 12:07 p.m.

The Kevin Charles Kaler Brightside Foundation recently completed its annual golf outing fundraiser, going big in just its second year. Cofounders Mark and Patricia Kaler, of Frankfort, said the benefit...

Renate Williams, seated, sets up online registration for Trinity Lutheran Church's upcoming Feed My Starving Children mobile pack event, as Katrina Kloess, from left, Anthony Kasper and Renee Tabor look on.

Packing a punch (and pouches) in fight against hunger

May 22, 2019 at 12:07 p.m.

Trinity Lutheran Church in Tinley Park is stepping up its role in a global war on hunger. The church will host a Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event Oct. 16...

The First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) building in Chicago Heights that the congregation has called home for 58 years is for sale, as membership has dwindled.

Selling point

May 21, 2019 at 5:56 p.m.

The congregation of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Chicago Heights has a history that predates Dixie Highway, the 100-year-old road that has brought members to their place of...

Rosario Perez, from left, Rose Lynn and Pam Carroll celebrate the 40th anniversary of Gadabout Travel Agency in Palos Hills. Lynn, a native of Ireland, opened the agency in 1975, and Carroll became the owner in 2000.

Gadabout Travel Agency marks 40 years in Palos Hills

May 21, 2019 at 5:56 p.m.

When Gadabout Travel Agency opened in Palos Hills in 1975, there already were a handful of Chicago-area travel agencies specializing in trips to Ireland. As the new kid on the...

Guy Moses, of Mokena, displays the Santa Cruz Blur 26-inch mountain bike he rode recently in the ninth annual Palos Meltdown race. Moses placed fourth in the 60-and-over men's novice division.

Life is cyclical for Mokena man

May 22, 2019 at 12:07 p.m.

Guy Moses, 70, has been riding one kind of bike or another for most of his life. The Mokena man's first love was motorcycles, he said, but once his teenage...

Corporal Larry Bailey II, a Zion native, is greeted by members of a motorcycle escort to the Midwest BBQ for the Brave fundraiser.

Purple Heart recipient from Zion overcomes war injuries

May 23, 2019 at 11:04 p.m.

Devastating injuries forced former Zion resident Cpl. Larry Bailey II to medically retire from the Marine Corps in 2013, but he would still rejoin his unit today if he could....

Steve Stec, 65, is set to retire from his job as principal at Trinity Lutheran School in Tinley Park.

Trinity Lutheran principal to retire after 33 years

May 21, 2019 at 5:54 p.m.

A fixture for 33 years at Trinity Lutheran School in Tinley Park, elementary school principal Steve Stec, 65, is set to retire this fall. Stec said it was about 50...

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