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More notes in class

May 22, 2019 at 12:07 p.m.

Some new classes are being offered this school year at Central Middle School in Tinley Park, and students have a real voice in at least one of them. Literally. Choir...

Evergreen Park Community High School science teacher Mike Brahm reads "The Lorax" to children during the science club's Science Story Time event earlier this month at the high school.

Science, Seuss and more

May 22, 2019 at 12:07 p.m.

Members of the science club at Evergreen Park Community High School regularly share their knowledge with younger students in the community, and it's not all about test tubes and lab...

Mike Heavrin, of Palos Hills, shows off his 2004 Corvette at the Spirit of America Car Show and Drive-In on Saturday in Orland Park.

Car show helps feed a need

May 21, 2019 at 5:58 p.m.

An annual car show that benefits the Orland Township Food Pantry is much more than just a food drive. It's also a drive-in, complete with a big screen to show...

Caliana Habley, 4, of Arlington Heights, takes a pony ride Saturday at Homewood Fall Fest.

Headed for a fall, in a good way

May 21, 2019 at 5:58 p.m.

Welcome, sweaters, and hot chocolate, falling leaves and pumpkins, too. It's time for fall. At least that was the notion Saturday in Homewood, as the village welcomed the coming change...

Archbishop Blase Cupich, seen April 21, 2015, will celebrate mass at Queen of Peace High School in Burbank.

Cupich to celebrate Mass at Queen of Peace

May 21, 2019 at 5:57 p.m.

Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich will celebrate the International Day of Peace with a Mass Monday at Queen of Peace High School in Burbank. The high school, 7659 Linder Ave., invited...

Faith in fatherhood

May 22, 2019 at 12:07 p.m.

Many "Men of Matteson" stepped up Thursday morning to discuss the importance of fathers playing larger roles in their children's lives. An event at Matteson Elementary School in Matteson, titled...

Aidyn Smolinski, 6, and his sister, Madicyn, 8, of Oak Forest, play Thursday at Gene Leonard Park in Oak Forest.

Oak Forest park gets makeover

May 21, 2019 at 5:53 p.m.

There is a tower to climb, and there are six swings. There is a structure with multiple tiers and with four slides, ranging from a short, safe, toddler slide to...

Former Shepard High School student Wolfgang Tallon, 19, of Alsip, who now is in the Navy, speaks to students at the Palos Heights school about the importance of applying themselves in their educational endeavors.

Shepard grad, now in Navy, shares life lessons

May 22, 2019 at 12:06 p.m.

Go to class, pay attention and apply yourself. That advice was given last week to Shepard High School sophomores in Jeff Vazzana's sixth-period English class. It might seem standard, but...

Valentina D'Avola draws at the Bricks for Kids Lego Center at Frankfort's Back to School Bash on Friday evening at Commissioner's Park.

Welcoming the school year in style

May 22, 2019 at 12:06 p.m.

Most kids in the Southland have packed up their backpacks and headed back to school. In Frankfort, that means it was time for the sixth annual Back to School Bash,...

Golden Apple Scholar students interact during a Reflective Seminar session at Saint Xavier University in Chicago.

SXU hosts program with Golden touch

May 21, 2019 at 5:49 p.m.

More than 100 students from across the country took part this summer in the Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois scholarship program at Saint Xavier University in Chicago's Mount Greenwood community....

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