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Southland students grill former Attorney General Eric Holder at event in Chicago

October 26, 2022 at 5:58 a.m.

Students at Southland College Prep Charter High School said you can't find a much better role model than former Attorney General Eric Holder. A group of 10 juniors and seniors...

Cradles to Crayons looks to fill ‘hidden need’ with coat drive for kids

October 25, 2022 at 5:19 p.m.

Inflation, rising prices and lingering effects of the pandemic all are making it harder for some families to afford necessities such as warm clothing for their children. So the nonprofit...

Providence Catholic High School senior Zinn Amos studies medicine in Vietnam, aims to become a surgeon

October 19, 2022 at 10:04 a.m.

Not every high school senior interns at a hospital in Vietnam, starts a medical club or grows his own tutoring business. But then Zinn Amos isn't your ordinary teen. Staff...

High school students Annie Olson and J.D. Maloney, from left, join Jeannie Olson, an Evergreen Park trustee, in an effort to sort donations for homeless veterans last weekend as they prepared to collect more items at the village's Oktoberfest event.

Communitywide effort in Evergreen Park collects resources for homeless veterans

October 12, 2022 at 2:38 p.m.

Moved by the struggles of homeless veterans she sometimes saw on the streets, Jeannie Olson, an Evergreen Park village trustee, wanted to help. She got that chance at the start...

A popular teacher’s son raising money in her memory with 35-mile run

October 11, 2022 at 4:43 p.m.

Declan Haubenreiser runs a lot. A member of the cross country team at Orland Junior High School, he practices often, but his runs this month in his Orland Park neighborhood...

State conference on mental health care access coming to MVCC

October 11, 2022 at 10:47 a.m.

Lisa Guardiola still counts her blessings that her mom reached out to the National Alliance on Mental Illness when she was diagnosed as an adult with schizophrenia in 2004. The...

Kora Irby takes a break from working in the kitchen at Advocate Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn, where she prepares meals as part of a culinary apprenticeship program through Advocate Aurora Health and the Culinary Institute of Chicago.

Culinary apprenticeship program helps staff kitchens at Advocate hospitals

October 5, 2022 at 9:54 a.m.

It was a bustling day in the cafeteria at Advocate Children's Hospital recently as Kora Irby prepared meals for staff, visitors and patients. Irby, who loves cooking and called it...

Lake Katherine art exhibit pays tribute to Palos Heights author, bookstore owner Jean Gnap

September 28, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Artist Maria DeCaprio Sunta was visiting Rotary Botanical Gardens in Janesville, Wisconsin, which featured a storybook walk exhibit of Eric Carle's children's book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," when she was...

Colorful mums and buildings livened up the scenery Saturday at Elim Dutch Festival on the campus of Elim Christian Services in Crestwood.

Oliebollen, pony rides and commitment to service highlight Elim Dutch Festival

September 26, 2022 at 2:58 p.m.

This year's Dutch Fest featured baked goods, gifts and entertainment, but the list of good things was topped for many at the event by the help that host Elim Christian...

Bremen student, teacher compare notes after they both created Tesla coils independently

September 22, 2022 at 1:55 p.m.

Fascinated by inventor Nikola Tesla and his innovation of alternating current electricity, Asher Suderow decided to build a Tesla coil himself, and persuaded his dad and grandfather to help. Suderow...

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