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Jaila Mabry, with Eisenhower High School Principal Benjamin Blakeley, receives the Tariq Ali Memorial Scholarship, presented annually to an outstanding member of the band program.

Eisenhower High School graduate’s speech skills pave way to Harvard

July 3, 2023 at 6:27 a.m.

Speech is a pathway to self-expression and communication for Jaila Mabry, a recent graduate from Eisenhower High School in Blue Island. She came in fourth in the nation in expository...

The St. Vincent DePaul Youth Group from the Our Lady of the Ridge St. Linus Conference held a donation drive recently to help homeless animals at Animal Welfare League in Chicago Ridge.

Youth group leads drive to help shelter animals in Chicago Ridge

June 28, 2023 at 5:15 a.m.

Scores of homeless animals received a little love from the St. Vincent DePaul Youth Group this spring through their donation drive of pet supplies and comforts. The fifth through eighth...

Alec Filosa, with his mom, Mary Ellen, enjoys volunteering at the Evergreen Park Urban Barn to help build up his strength, which weakened after he developed an autoimmune disease.

Evergreen Park Urban Barn provides volunteers, visitors first-hand experiences with animal life

June 23, 2023 at 5:15 a.m.

Three roosters at the Evergreen Park Urban Barn are famous for greeting visitors with loud crowing, one trying to outdo the other in cock-a-doodle-doos. "They're doing it because they want...

Bob Peplowski, left, and his father, Jim Peplowski, stand outside Peppo's Subs in Palos Hills, where they often still work together.

Owner of Palos Hills sandwich shop took roundabout route to success

November 25, 2024 at 4:38 p.m.

Even at the height of the pandemic, Peppo's Subs had a steady stream of loyal customers ordering sandwiches with the establishment's famous "guts" — diced pickles, tomatoes and onions topped...

Maria Pojeta Hibbs, right, the new president of the Historic Pullman Foundation, and Joseph Szabo, president emeritus, pause together while volunteering at Pullman Railroad Days in 2022.

Former Pullman scholarship recipient returns to lead Historic Pullman Foundation

March 12, 2024 at 12:03 p.m.

Growing up in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood, Maria Pojeta Hibbs often would head over to nearby Pullman and hang out with friends who lived there. As her high school tenure wrapped...

Akilah Easter, a dean at Olive-Harvey College on Chicago's Far South Side, tends hemp plants in the college's new greenhouse. The college has expanded its cannabis curriculum and now offers in-district tuition to residents throughout the state.

Olive-Harvey College counters war on drugs fallout with new cannabis degree, greenhouse

June 7, 2023 at 11:32 a.m.

Officials at Olive-Harvey College on Chicago's Far South Side hope to use cannabis as a tool to help reverse the effects of failed drug prevention policies. The college has established...

A sleeping berth is folded out on a historic rail car during Pullman Railroad Days last weekend in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood.

Golden age of train travel brought back to life at Pullman Railroad Days

May 24, 2023 at 3:43 p.m.

John Ricketts has fond memories of riding the train with his family on their trips to Florida from their South Side home, enjoying the luxuries of a Pullman berth and...

Students, including Gabriella Lopez, left, and Brieanna Ford, sort through clothing recently at Champ's Career Closet at St. Xavier University in Chicago. The resource opened April 24 and offers new and gently used business casual attire for students interviewing for internships and jobs.

Saint Xavier University initiative helps students dress for success ‘regardless of their financial background’

May 23, 2023 at 5:53 p.m.

A new resource at Saint Xavier University in Chicago is helping students dress for the jobs they want. Champ's Career Closet offers access to business casual clothing for students to...

Alicia Ramos a senior at Sandburg High School in Orland Park, won a gold medal for her interior design presentation at the SkillsUSA state championship event in Peoria.

Southland students bring home gold medals at state SkillsUSA competition

May 17, 2023 at 3:51 p.m.

Skill, passion and perseverance were a winning formula for students from throughout the Southland who competed in the statewide SkillsUSA Championships late last month. Teams from Lockport Township, Homewood-Flossmoor, Lincoln-Way...

Hussein Mohd, of Tinley Park, is heading up implementation of the Obama Presidential Center/Jackson Park Mobility Improvement Project.

‘Star student’ from Tinley Park now implementing road work plan around Obama Presidential Center

May 16, 2023 at 12:08 p.m.

Even as a child, Hussein Mohd wanted to help find solutions to the structural problems his dad faced as a civil engineer. "I remember coming to him and asking him...

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