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Ariana Whitaker, a rising junior at Thornwood High School in South Holland, addresses judges after receiving a first place award for an app to boost student productivity during the NFTE Midwest Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge. (NFTE/Carasco Photography)

Thornwood High entrepreneur’s idea for fighting procrastination takes her to national arena

June 17, 2024 at 2:48 p.m.

Thornwood High student Ariana Whitaker will bring her procrastination-fighting app idea to a national contest in New York in October.

Dr. Mrinalini, Benkata Subramani, a transplant pulmonologist, checks Michelle Knight's heart and breathing with a stethoscope as Knight's daughter and caregiver, Francesca Agostinelli looks on during a recent visit to the Lung Transplant Clinic at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Palos Hospital clinic brings recovery a step closer for Oak Forest double lung transplant patient

June 11, 2024 at 12:19 p.m.

Palos Hospital clinic brings recovery a step closer for Oak Forest double lung transplant patient

Smith Village residents, from left, Ann Ward, Dorothy Pawelski, Sandra Morrison and Phyllis Tucker view an exhibit at the Beverly Arts Center about the history of the retirement community founded in Chicago's Beverly community. (Marc Monaghan)

Smith Village exhibit celebrates century since opening in Beverly as Oakhaven Old People’s Home

June 7, 2024 at 3:15 p.m.

Smith Village exhibit celebrates century since opening in Beverly as Oakhaven Old People's Home

Evergreen Park High School seniors, from left, Kayla Hudson, Savana Henry and Charity Jones show their portraits created for the Juneteenth Interactive Portrait Show at the Evergreen Park Library. (Libby McArthur/Evergreen Park High School)

Evergreen Park students display portraits, digital art in Juneteenth display

May 1, 2025 at 1:55 p.m.

The Juneteenth Interactive Portrait Project Exhibit at the Evergreen Park Library features work by Evergreen Park High School students.

Jack Piros, a graduating senior at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, shows some of the awards he's won, including the 2024 National Political Science Bee trophy he won in April at in Virginia. (Michael Sacks)

Homewood-Flossmoor senior Jack Piros wins National Political Science Bee in Virginia

May 26, 2024 at 5:10 a.m.

Jack Piros, a graduating senior at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, recently bested a field of 47 contestants at the National Political Science Bee in Virginia.

Eileen O'Neill, right, a graduating senior at Oak Lawn Community High School, stands with graphic design teacher Jacqueline Hartmann in a the design studio at the school in Oak Lawn. They're holding O'Neill's award-winning poster. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Oak Lawn graphic design student takes top prize in state contest

May 21, 2024 at 2:33 p.m.

Eileen O'Neill, a graduating senior at Oak Lawn Community High School, won a top prize in the Alcohol/Drug Prevention Poster Contest sponsored by Illinois Churches in Action.

Tinley Park High School sophomore Amira Hammad reads her prize-winning letter to author David Sheff as Greg McCormick, director of the Illinois State Library, looks on during a recent ceremony in Springfield. (School District 228)

Tinley Park sophomore wins state award with letter about addiction

May 16, 2024 at 4:11 p.m.

Tinley Park sophomore Amira Hammad's letter to author David Sheff earned her a first place prize in a statewide writing contest.

Students in Northwestern Medicine's Basic Nurse Assistant Training Program work on a simulated patient during a recent session at Northwestern in Chicago. (Northwestern Medicine)

Northwestern recruiting from within with free nursing training program for staff

May 15, 2024 at 5:54 p.m.

Staff at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital and others in the system have access to a free program offering nurse training.

Palos South Middle School eighth graders, from left, Kamile Juzenas, Meda Kemeza, Indre Luksys and Penny Ocampo sit with their teacher Ann Marie Ruprecht at the school in Palos Park. The students have organzed an event that will celebrate all of the cultures of the school community. (Palos 118)

Middle School students unite to host culture celebration in Palos Park

May 13, 2024 at 2:37 p.m.

Four students at Palos South Middle School are organizing a celebration of different cultures at the school in Palos Park.

Dawn Isenhart-Copp, left, and Oak Forest Animal Control Officer Melissa Drozd stand by a plaque honoring their friend Laura Gray, a former Oak Forest alderwoman and longtime volunteer who helped found The Friends of Oak Forest Animal Control. The group helped find homes for abandoned pets. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Longtime Oak Forest volunteer’s name lives on at animal agency where she helped

May 6, 2024 at 3:32 p.m.

Longtime Oak Forest volunteer Laura Gray died at 62 in February. Less than two months later, Oak Forest officials dedicated the renamed Laura Gray Animal Control & Care Center.

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