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SXU nursing program expands, adds courses in other disciplines

May 21, 2019 at 10:57 p.m.

The Saint Xavier University School of Nursing has expanded to offer speech-language pathology and other health programs at the school in Chicago in an effort to help students collaborate and...

Rima Najia, left, immigration coordinator for Arab American Family Services, celebrates with Warda Ibrahim, of Orland Park, who recently become a U.S. citizen.

Southland organization helps immigrants gain U.S. citizenship

May 21, 2019 at 10:52 p.m.

Becoming a citizen wasn’t easy for Orland Park resident Warda Ibrahim and scores of other immigrants who have received help from Arab American Family Services in Bridgeview. The complicated paperwork...

Chicago Heights group offers people chance to ‘see what a community job is all about’

May 21, 2019 at 10:49 p.m.

After getting some job training under his belt, Rahkim McCauley began working for Culver’s restaurant in Crete. Five months later, McCauley couldn’t be happier. He’s greeting guests and helping with...

Marist High School plans to turn monastery into science labs, planetarium

May 21, 2019 at 10:41 p.m.

When Marist High School was being constructed in 1963 in Chicago’s Mount Greenwood neighborhood, there was no monastery to house the brothers who came there to teach. So they initially...

A school community comes together again to replace memorial tree, remember ‘a good friend’

May 21, 2019 at 10:39 p.m.

Even breaking his leg didn’t phase Jimmy Guenther, a youngster friends and family remember as upbeat and loving despite having muscular dystrophy and using a wheelchair. “He would tell everybody,...

Homewood-Flossmoor student nominated for best high school actress award

May 21, 2019 at 10:31 p.m.

Not all teens would enjoy portraying an old lady, but Joy Woods threw herself into the role during a production of “Big Fish” in January at the Illinois High School...

Richards student brings her art to print, school website

May 21, 2019 at 10:22 p.m.

On the one side was an effort to help provide clean water to an area without access to it. On the other side was a drive to feed hungry children...

Caregivers learn coping skills, share experiences as MVCC, PLOWS team up for class

May 21, 2019 at 10:20 p.m.

Family caregivers learned techniques to manage the stress of tending to a sick loved one during a recent class at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills. They had the...

Education funding gets personal for Markham native studying at University of Illinois at Chicago

May 21, 2019 at 10:18 p.m.

The state's budget impasse became personal for Markham native Marvin Slaughter when his friend at the University of Illinois at Chicago decided to switch schools because she feared her state...

Oak Lawn library to dabble in droids and drones

May 21, 2019 at 10:15 p.m.

In a few months, patrons of the Oak Lawn Public Library will be able to check out robots, drones and bridges. Or at least materials that will help them build...

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