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Lincoln-Way Central High School students Elle Flock and Behnam Shamsaddin, both seniors from New Lenox, show off new solar panels installed at the school in August. The students are members of the school's Environmental Action Club, which worked to get the panels installed.

‘It’s the future … it’s really, really cool’: Students spearhead solar panel effort

May 21, 2019 at 11:08 p.m.

The view from doorway 35C in the B wing at Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox consists mostly of a brick wall. But those who notice the black panels...

Brain West prepares his racing drone for flight on a recent Saturday at Tinley Creek Model Airplane Flying Field.

Drone pilots, remote control airplane fans take to the forest preserve skies: ‘If you’re not crashing, you’re not flying’

May 21, 2019 at 11:01 p.m.

Some Southland forest preserves are for hiking, some offer opportunities for canoeing or kayaking, and others are mostly for wildlife habitat. But one area preserve has been set aside for...

Deputy Chief Robert Kopec, left, and Chief Roger Agpawa of the Country Club Hills Fire Department stand on an upper floor balcony of a training tower the department is building.

What is that thing? Storage container structure pops up along I-80 in Country Club Hills

May 21, 2019 at 10:55 p.m.

A building under construction this summer in Country Club Hills has caused plenty of area residents and motorists to pull over, take photos and scratch their heads, wondering if what...

Crete Bulldogs treasurer Randy Dunlap welcomes his daughter, Sarah Berry, and his grandson, 11-year-old Noah Berry of Beecher, a fourth generation of the founding Dunlap family, to preseason football camp.

Crete Bulldogs to celebrate 50 years as a football family of 4,000

May 21, 2019 at 10:50 p.m.

Imagine hosting a family reunion that could draw 4,000 people. It’s a possibility when the Crete Bulldogs Youth Football and Cheerleading Organization hosts its 50th anniversary celebration, an Aug. 11...

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