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Apollo’s Fire concert at Southland College Prep to launch elementary school strings program

October 24, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

Those free violin and piano lessons in public school helped transform Jeannette Sorrell into the internationally renowned musician and conductor she is today. Now Sorrell is returning the favor, teaming...

Shepard students create produce garden at Alsip church to serve community

October 17, 2021 at 11:11 a.m.

Not every high school senior worries about food insecurity or the people in church struggling to get the fresh produce they crave. Saniah Calvin, who attends Shepard High School in...

A group of 40 young artists ‘with the power to create’ came together to paint a mural in a Chicago Heights underpass

October 13, 2021 at 9:11 a.m.

It was supposed to be a mother coordinating her artist daughter and other youth as they worked on a mural that would boost the neighborhood. Instead, Aaliyah Lachel'e Merrick, the...

New pantry in Dolton fights food insecurity with groceries ‘people would normally bypass because they couldn’t afford it’

October 7, 2021 at 12:47 p.m.

This isn't your typical basement food pantry. Rather than a collection of pantry discards and leftover canned goods, Free N Deed Market in Dolton is packed with food that is...

Richards grad’s creative drive makes him a shoe-in for success

October 6, 2021 at 1:48 p.m.

Kevin Sullivan's creative niche was so strong that even some jarring experiences with racism couldn't crush it. So after dropping out of Bethel University in southern Indiana, where he experienced...

‘It made us feel really good and it made them feel good too’: Kindness among things Palos Heights library patrons can check out

September 28, 2021 at 11:44 a.m.

At the end of 2020, two librarians at Palos Heights Public Library decided it was time to start focusing on lifting up the community, rather than be dragged down by...

Herminia Cornejo helps out Friday before a Mass for first responders and victims of violence at Christ Our Light Parish in Hegewisch.

First responder Mass ‘a stones throw away’ from where community member was slain a ‘healing process’ for victims, emergency workers

September 27, 2021 at 5:16 p.m.

The pain of loss and fear was palpable in many of the attendees at a Mass on Friday in Hegewisch honoring first responders and people affected by violence. One victim...

Women from Germany and Worth carrying on an exchange student tradition, but this time they’re teaching while they’re learning

September 21, 2021 at 4:11 p.m.

Many high schools have foreign exchange programs but most haven't had a multigenerational impact. At Shepard High School in Palos Heights, German exchange student Derya Arpaci, whose mom participated in...

Tinley Park man channeling his experience with prostate cancer to encourage others to get checked early

September 20, 2021 at 3:04 p.m.

The word "cancer" was all Don Davenport heard in 2005 when his doctor told him he had prostate carcinoma. "You just kind of a see a light flash before you,"...

Posen brothers create a custom business making cool things: ‘They do everything by hand’

September 13, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Not ones to goof off after school, Amir and Armoni Gause instead put their energy into developing unique gadgets and backlit posters in their family garage. It's all part of...

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