Bernice M. Leary, 1919-2010
For Bernice Leary, teaching children the lessons of social studies was a passion that went beyond the classroom and into their lives. Mrs. Leary taught first at Nazareth Academy in...
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Injured Cicero firefighter struggles with pain and finances
Shawn Ahrens remembers the Valentine's Day fire raging in the Cicero house, the flames suddenly shooting through the roof and knocking down the chimney. Dozens of bricks toppled on the...
Morton East students stage walkout
Angered over a budget reduction plan to eliminate classes and lay off teachers, more than 100 students from Morton East High School in Cicero walked out of school Tuesday morning...
Something’s not Wright about logo
The new tourism logo for progressive western suburb Oak Park is meant to portray its people as "rebels" and "rule breakers." Instead, some less sophisticated minds believe the logo's tubular...
Delivery deja vu for paramedic
When paramedic Jack Shafer heard the call early Monday morning to help a woman in labor in suburban Lombard, he knew the address sounded familiar. Shafer entered the home to...
‘New Muslim Cool’ has Chicago tie
In the provocative documentary "New Muslim Cool" that premieres on PBS Tuesday night, filmmaker Jennifer Maytorena Taylor tells the story of Puerto Rican hip-hop artist Hamza Perez, a former drug...
1,600 antiquities returning to Italy
The secret collection John Sisto kept in his Berwyn bungalow had letters written by kings, Vatican documents penned by Catholic popes and even a handwritten book preface by Italian dictator...
Drugs, despair in community of ‘1,000 churches’
Along the busiest corridors of Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood, a battle is quietly raging between the sacred and the sinful, God's storefront churches and the streets. In this community, which...
Farrakhan to speak on economy
Minister Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, will speak this weekend about the impact of the recession and urge members to focus on job development and self-sufficiency in...
U.S. and Mexican health departments fight TB
In a dark, cramped house in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, 19-year-old Juan Guzman received his tuberculosis medication from an aide with the city's Health Department. Because of his weak stomach, he...