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Bunny, a 4-month-old pit bull mix who arrived at South Suburban Humane Society with parvovirus and a deformed leg, has been living with Alicia Peterson, director of foster programs at the shelter in Matteson.

Animals with special needs get extra attention at area shelters

January 2, 2024 at 2:37 p.m.

As populations soar and the demand for services provided by area pet shelters grows, some daily arrivals still merit special attention. They come in emaciated, with broken limbs or sick...

Francesca Canon, left, with her grandmother and grandfather during a pet food drive at the Animal Welfare League in Chicago Ridge. Canon raised more than $1,000 for the cause.

Evergreen Park junior receives honor for work with grandparents’ disabled veterans group in Midlothian

January 2, 2024 at 5:18 a.m.

Francesca Canon knows she might not even be here were it not for veterans like her grandfather, so she's always wanted to help him and his comrades. When this Evergreen...

Members of the Spartan Sisterhood recruit members during a club showcase at Oak Lawn Community High School. The club formed in 2019 with an effort to create a dance during homecoming week just for female students and has grown in the years since.

A school dance just for female students in Oak Lawn becomes club for ‘all girls from all backgrounds’

December 15, 2023 at 11:36 a.m.

An all-girls dance during homecoming week 2019 at Oak Lawn Community High School offered female students a chance to let their hair — and for Muslim students, their hijabs —...

A large crowd came out for the grand opening of High 5 Heights, a store in Palos Heights staffed by students and graduates of School District 218's Adult Transition Program.

New store in Palos Heights gives adult transition students a place to train, sell items they create

December 8, 2023 at 12:10 p.m.

Julia Huscher enjoys coming to work, working the register and helping customers. The 22-year-old graduate of the Adult Transition Program in Community High School District 218 is employed at the...

A student walks on campus at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills. The college recently signed agreements with two historically Black colleges and universities that can help students further their studies at HBCUs.

Moraine Valley Community College creating pathways for students to continue education at HBCUs

November 27, 2023 at 4:25 p.m.

Officials at Moraine Valley Community College are make it easier for students to transfer to historically Black colleges and universities after concluding their studies at the school in Palos Hills....

Carol Pack, a fourth grader in Palos Community Consolidated School District 118, won Best Game at the 2023 Young Inventor Challenge for her invention, Catastrophe of Hairballs.

Hairballs, zombies and silly makeup earn game awards for Palos students at Young Inventor Challenge in Chicago

November 25, 2023 at 6:30 a.m.

Carol Pack thinks cats are pretty cute, even though she doesn't have one. But she needed some expert advice when she wanted to invent a game based on the fuzzy...

The South Suburban Humane Society opened its facility at 21800 Central Ave. in Matteson in 2022. It replaced the Society's longtime home in Chicago Heights.

Black Friday savings at Humane Society include saving pets from crowded shelter

November 21, 2023 at 1:50 p.m.

On one of the busiest shopping days of the year, why let the stores have all the fun? The big savings Friday at South Suburban Humane Society in Matteson involves...

Evergreen Park resident Wally Prim discusses his experience on Honor Flight Chicago during a recent program at Evergreen Park Public Library.

A veteran’s Honor Flight experience leads him to advocate for organization years later

November 11, 2023 at 5:08 a.m.

Wally Prim will never forget the day a South Korean family ran up and hugged him in the concourse of Dulles Airport in Virginia, happily yelling "G.I., G.I." "That brought...

Michelle Pytel, of Homer Glen, receives treatment at Northwestern Medicine-Palos Health hospital in Palos Heights after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Teachers at same Romeoville school become ‘breasties’ over shared cancer fight

November 6, 2023 at 6:35 a.m.

After Laura Gress found out she had breast cancer in the spring of 2022, she was so overwhelmed she drank herself to sleep. Just 40 at the time of her...

Hillcrest High School students, from left, Lakayiah Thomas, David Carey, and Amari Yarbrough stand together Oct. 18 after winning Outstanding Achievement in Cinema for the movie "Whispers of a Ghost" during the 2023 Student Silent Film Festival at the Tivoli Theatre, Downers Grove.

Media students from Hillcrest turn scary short into award-winning film

October 31, 2023 at 5:28 a.m.

A trio from a high school in the south suburbs planned to attend a Halloween party recently but two friends didn't want the third to come, so they gave him...

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