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Crete resident Concetta Smart has teamed with Bernie Kopera, of Orland Park, in successfully fighting four plans for a for-profit immigration detention center in the Chicago area.

Southland activists help kill plans for immigration detention center near Chicago

May 21, 2019 at 6:14 p.m.

Bernie Kopera and Concetta Smart are so often together fighting for the underdogs that people often assume they are married to each other. They are not. Yet the pair of...

Former Marist dean, coach dies at 86

May 21, 2019 at 6:13 p.m.

For nearly every morning of his 35-year career at Marist High School, Al Brazen would station himself at the school's entrance known as "The Point" and watch as students entered....

Lincoln-Way School District Superintendent Dr. Scott Tingley, center, school board president Kevin Molloy, left, and board member Christopher Kosel, right, listen as residents ask questions and make comments about the district's financial woes, New Lenox, July 1, 2015.| Allen Cunningham/ Daily Southown

Lincoln-Way 210 authorizes financial review

May 21, 2019 at 6:13 p.m.

The Lincoln-Way School District 210 Board of Education approved a motion Thursday to hire an accounting firm to track the bond proceeds from three separate bond issuances and determine where...

North Chicago native, 91, remembered for work ethic, dedication to family

May 23, 2019 at 11:10 p.m.

Survival and hard work were the hallmarks of Mildred Margaret Dalbke's life and her daughter said she accomplished both with a sense of style and grace. Dalbke, a daughter of...

Palos Heights wants state to release city’s money

May 21, 2019 at 6:10 p.m.

The state budget stalemate is starting to have a greater financial impact on municipalities, as the state continues to withhold towns' share of state revenue, such as motor fuel tax...

Mexican-Americans to celebrate Day of the Dead

May 21, 2019 at 6:09 p.m.

To many outside the Mexican culture, shelves in a local department store loaded with an array of sugar skulls along with napkins, plates and costumes adorned with skeletons may be...

Park Forest woman remembered as passionate educator

May 21, 2019 at 6:08 p.m.

It is estimated that more than 300,000 students in the south suburbs were directly impacted by the drive of Jean Bernstein, who believed that education, both in the classroom and...

Steven Rydberg and Tom Paesel, of Orland Park, created "Rue the Goat" wine, aimed at lifting the Cubs' curse.

Orland Park pair believe their ‘wining’ will help Cubs

May 21, 2019 at 6:06 p.m.

For Tom Paesel and Steven Rydberg, being diehard Cubs fans in the southwest suburbs has been a tough road through the years. The two friends and Orland Park residents have...

Teen’s charity event to fight hunger impresses Magic Johnson

May 21, 2019 at 6:05 p.m.

In just a few years, Destiny Watson went from a shy introvert to the organizer of 40 high school students who will transform into zombies and descend on Apollo Park...

Dennis Wheeler, editor for Star Publications, dies at 76

May 21, 2019 at 6:03 p.m.

As news editor, editorial page editor and a columnist for The Star Publications for more than 30 years, Dennis Wheeler took personally his role in providing coverage of the 50...

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