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Jasmine Meza, left, who attended Eisenhower High School in Blue Island, recently taught an art class for Hispanic and Latino Cultural Club students at Richards High School in Oak Lawn after being invited by Spanish teacher Nalleli Herrera.

Eisenhower grad returns to area to help Richards students find ‘safe spaces’ through art

October 30, 2023 at 4:59 a.m.

Making art helped Jasmine Meza work through some tough times when she was in high school, and last week she returned to her school district to offer current students at...

Jennifer Peloquin, principal of Palos West Elementary School in Palos Park receives a donation of shoes from Bradley Tritt, manager of the Orland Park Tradehome Shoes store. Peloquin subsequently redonated the shoes to another school district where she used to work.

Regifted: Palos Park school chosen to receive gym shoe donation sends prizes ‘where kids needed it a bit more’

October 17, 2023 at 3:34 p.m.

A donation of dozens of high end shoes from a store in Orland Square Mall recently sparked a chain reaction of giving that is helping local elementary school kids who...

Cindy, a client at Elim Christian Services pauses on a bridge at the campus in Palos Heights. The Oak Forest resident has built up a following for the hand-made greeting cards she creates.

Artist at Elim launches hand-painted greeting card business at age 51

October 14, 2023 at 5:02 a.m.

For most of her 30 years at Elim Christian Services, Cindy has been building her skills, helping staff and fellow clients at the nonprofit organization and participating in volunteer projects....

Tina Ward, left, media specialist at Evergreen Park Community High School and Mary Black, teen librarian at the Evergreen Park Public Library, are organizing a literary festival at the school in March and have set a fundraising goal of $20,000 to help bring in prominent authors for the event.

Library, high school teaming up to bring literature festival to Evergreen Park

October 13, 2023 at 3:17 p.m.

The Evergreen Park Public Library and Evergreen Park Community High School are teaming up to organize a literary festival for teens. Tina Ward, media specialist at the high school, and...

Hezakiah Hedgecock, 18, of Calumet City, shows some of the items he received from the nonprofit Sweet and Thrifty 2 in Homewood, where he also learned job skills and received other assistance.

A thrift shop in Homewood offers on-the-job training, safe place for youth who have nowhere else to turn

October 3, 2023 at 1:08 p.m.

Hezakiah Hedgecock was 18 and uneasy about making his way in the world after learning his girlfriend was expecting a baby. But with some guidance as well as a few...

Emmanuel Lopez, standing with GSU mascot Jax, will be directing a new Latinx Resource Center at Governors State University, which he said will help the growing number of Hispanic students feel at home at the school in University Park.

New resource center at Governors State ‘solidifies the presence of Latin American students’

September 28, 2023 at 3:37 p.m.

Governors State University officials are creating a new resource center in an effort to make it a little easier for school's growing Hispanic population to feel at home. Emmanuel Lopez,...

Kamola Almatova, left, a native of Tajikstan in Central Asiasits with Oak Lawn librarian Kate Donley during a meeting of English Together at the library, where people from all over the world meet to improve their language skills and make new friends.

People from around the globe gather to converse, make friends at library program in Oak Lawn

March 11, 2024 at 12:38 p.m.

A group of people from far flung points on the globe gathers each week at the Oak Lawn Public Library, taking advantage of an opportunity to practice the language of...

Local colleges are offering free training for a bus driver license in conjunction with Pace Suburban Bus service.

Pace teaming with colleges to offer free bus driver training

September 18, 2023 at 3:38 p.m.

Local community colleges and Pace Suburban Bus service are teaming up to offer students and others who qualify free training for a bus driving career. "It wasn't so easy back...

Wilma Terry-Mason, of Matteson, recently won the National Mrs. Regal Elegance 2023 pageant in New Orleans and plans to use her platform to highlight the importance of self-exams and early testing for breast cancer.

Matteson breast cancer survivor’s pageant crown a win for those who ‘never really had a Barbie who represented us’

September 14, 2023 at 5:27 a.m.

Winning a pageant is a great way to feel beautiful, but even better for Wilma Terry-Mason, it's a chance to share some important messages about early detection of breast cancer....

Delta Academy students and staff from District 228 are participating in the Forest Preserves of Cook County Adopt-a-Site program at two preserves near 159th Street and Cicero Avenue.

Bremen students adopt forest preserves, ‘excited to get out there and do something’

September 12, 2023 at 3:03 p.m.

When students from Bremen High School District 228's Delta Academy visit area forest preserves, they're getting a chance to foster their love of nature and wildlife. And they're also getting...

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