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Peg and Lee Doctor, ages 90 and 91, married for 45 years, sit together in their home at Three Crowns Park living facility Tuesday, March 23, 2021, in Evanston. They both had mild cases of COVID early last year, but have been in lockdown for most of the last year in the suburban facility.

After a year of profound grief and isolation, nursing homes across suburban Chicago seek healing

May 21, 2021 at 12:32 p.m.

Over the past 14 months, the pandemic has brought to nursing homes and assisted living facilities illness, death, isolation and untold suffering. The numbers tell only part of the story,...

Harvester Place residents play T-ball and enjoy tunes from local favorite, Wayne Messmer

May 12, 2021 at 4:20 p.m.

Residents of Harvester Place Memory Care in Burr Ridge had a baseball-themed day playing T-ball and enjoying a performance by Wayne Messmer. Messmer, a radio broadcaster, public speaker and singer...

Family and friends overflowed from the bleachers in the Hinsdale South High School stadium in Darien for the 2018 graduation.

West suburban high school graduation plans remain fluid as COVID-19 restrictions ease

May 13, 2021 at 8:22 a.m.

High schools that ideally want to hold their graduation ceremonies outside have always had to have a backup plan in case of bad weather. But the ever-evolving guidelines to prevent...

Interior view of Hinsdale oasis above Interstate 294 between Ogden Avenue and Interstate 55 in November 2019.

Hinsdale prepares for tollway oasis to come down in September

May 12, 2021 at 10:27 a.m.

Hinsdale officials are preparing for the removal of the Hinsdale oasis over Interstate 294 in September. Hinsdale Village Board member Matthew Posthuma said at a recent board meeting the Illinois...

A crowded dance floor, like this one at York High School's 2018 prom at Navy Pier, will not be an activity at York's prom in 2021, to be held outdoors on the school track around the stadium in Elmhurst.

York High School hopes for a starry and dry night for prom

May 11, 2021 at 11:20 a.m.

York High School seniors will enjoy a prom under the stars and on the school track Saturday evening. Planning the senior prom has been a moving target, said York Principal...

Pleasantdale Middle School environmentalists earn Earth flag and solar panel

May 10, 2021 at 2:47 p.m.

Pleasantdale Middle School in Burr Ridge will have a solar panel installed this summer, thanks to two grants which an 8th-grader cowrote. The school received a $6,400 grant from the...

Bonnie Newcomer, owner of Lil' MAD Cafe, makes a crepe at the Western Springs French Market in 2017.

Western Springs French Market begins Sunday

May 4, 2021 at 12:45 p.m.

The Western Springs French Market opens this Sunday, May 9. The market, located on Hillgrove Avenue in front of the historic water tower, will be open from 9 a.m. to...

Aldi store, at 9930 Joliet Road in Countryside.

Man charged with carjacking and robbing gas station in Countryside

May 4, 2021 at 11:07 a.m.

A 61-year-old man has been charged with carjacking a woman outside a Countryside grocery store and then five days later robbing a gas station a short distance away. Eugene Williams...

Chicago man sentenced to 19 years after aggravated domestic battery conviction

May 3, 2021 at 5:44 p.m.

A Chicago man was sentenced April 30 to 19 years in prison after he was convicted of beating his former girlfriend and the mother of their two children in 2017....

Bennett Field at the south campus of Lyons Township High School in Western Springs.

LTHS Senior send-off will be a Lyonspalooza instead of a prom

May 4, 2021 at 1:44 p.m.

Lyons Township High School will not have a senior prom this year, but the students have planned a senior send-off called Lyonspalooza instead. The event will be held from 1...

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