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Ulises Cardenas, a senior at Evergreen Park Community High School, recently donated two large bags of pop tabs to the Ronald McDonald House in Oak Lawn.

Around the Southland: Record crowd at cheer camp, EPCHS student delivers for McDonald House, and more

September 27, 2023 at 1:58 p.m.

Youth cheer camp draws record crowds at Shepard High More than 100 students in kindergarten through eighth grade came to Palos Heights recently to participate in a youth camp hosted...

Gwen Stricker, a board member with the Calumet Heritage Partnership, addresses guests Sept. 8 during a program about restoration efforts at East Side Tap at 94th Street and Ewing Avenue in Chicago. The presentation was offered in the tavern's back room, which hadn't been open to the public in decades, owner Mike Medina said.

Landmarks: A Schlitz-built tied house being reborn as East Side Tap, saving a structure and over a century of neighborhood stories

March 12, 2024 at 11:56 a.m.

The giant terra cotta globe on the second story of a tavern at 94th Street and Ewing Avenue is probably its most notable feature, but a smaller, more ornate vestige...

Southland College Prep Charter High School drum majors, from left, Tiara Wright, Isaiah Adegoye and Rickaiya Bernard, hold a trophy the band won earlier this month at the Chicago Football Classic Battle of the High School Bands at Soldier Field in Chicago.

Around the Southland: South suburbs sweep top spots at Chicago Classic, more

September 13, 2023 at 12:03 p.m.

South suburban bands take hardware at Chicago Classic Drum majors from Rich Township High School gather with their counterparts from Central State University during the Chicago Football Classic earlier this...

Musicians gather for a photo at the 1984 edition of the Oak Lawn Jazz Festival. Recordings of the festival from the 1970s will be part of an exhibit showcasing Oak Lawn's musical legacy.

Landmarks: Library working to showcase Oak Lawn’s legacy as ‘artistic hot spot’

March 12, 2024 at 11:56 a.m.

In Memphis, it's possible to stand in the footprints of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins, whose impromptu get-together at Sun Studio later was dubbed the...

Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in Palos Hills will welcome more than 20 marching bands from around the area at its annual Jamboree on Sept. 9. The Marching Chargers are shown at the 2022 Jamboree.

Around the Southland: Stagg Jamboree to feature over 20 marching bands, more

September 6, 2023 at 1:34 p.m.

Stagg Jamboree to feature over 20 marching bands Saturday More than 20 high school marching bands will perform Saturday at Amos Alonzo Stagg High School's 43rd annual Jamboree, which takes...

Dave Shepard, of Homewood, uses a laser guide to measure the height of a black maple tree in Messenger Woods in Homer Glen in July, 2020. The tree was certified this year as a State Champion as one of the largest of its kind in Illinois.

Landmarks: Homewood resident champions trees, discovers woodland giants, possible remains of prehistoric forest

March 12, 2024 at 11:57 a.m.

If you ask Dave Shepard, prairies get a bit too much credit around here. He's a tree guy, and he wants to make sure the area's ancient woodlands get some...

Marjorie Stortz, a resident at Porter Place in Tinley Park, and assistant Fredell Bell create Hawaiian bracelets to raise money to help those affected by wildfires on Maui.

Around the Southland: Memory care residents shell out for Hawaii fund, and more

March 12, 2024 at 11:57 a.m.

Porter Place residents selling bracelets to help Hawaii Some area seniors with dementia are trying to make a difference one bead at a time. In response to the devastating wildfires...

Cyclists listen to a music performance by "Harmonica Neil" Florek during the Cal-Sag Graveyard Blues Tour. The bike tour encompasses three historically African American cemeteries along the Cal-Sag Channel where many blues legends are buried.

Landmarks: Cal-Sag bike tour showcases Chicago’s blues legacy through graves of genre’s masters

March 12, 2024 at 11:58 a.m.

Steve Buchtel had stopped with a group of about 20 fellow bicyclists at Restvale Cemetery in Alsip to listen to blues riffs when a groundskeeper walked over to find out...

Representatives and volunteers from the village of Flossmoor presented Plant the Gem as one of four finalists in the 2023 Governor's Hometown Awards program last week at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.

Around the Southland: Flossmoor event paraded at State Fair, Metra plans special fall trains, and more

August 23, 2023 at 5:07 p.m.

Flossmoor's Plant the Gem honored at State Fair A team of officials and volunteers from Flossmoor presented the village's Plant the Gem effort as one of four finalists in the...

Mr. D's Magic Show will present a free performance Friday at Dairy Palace in Tinley Park, featuring an illusion in which the owner of the ice cream parlor will be cut in half.

Around the Southland: Magic and ice cream at Tinley event, new athletics director at MVCC, and more

August 16, 2023 at 12:10 p.m.

Owner of Dairy Palace in Tinley to be halved Whitey's Dairy Palace in Tinley Park continues to celebrate its 70th anniversary with an event Friday in which owner John "Whitey"...

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