Paul Eisenberg

Around the Southland: World Wiffle Ball Championship returning to Midlothian; free manufacturing camp at SSC, and more

May 13, 2022 at 12:02 p.m.

World Wiffle Ball Championship returns to Midlothian Registration is open for the 43rd World Wiffle Ball Championship, set for July 16 and 17 at Memorial Park in Midlothian. All proceeds...

Chains and locks bar the entrance to Mount Forest Cemetery on Chicago Road in Thornton. The cemetery was active from 1909 to 1939 and is now part of the Forest Preserves of Cook County.

Landmarks: Black Graves Matter effort focuses on burial grounds surrounding Thornton that offered respite from racism that persisted after death

May 8, 2022 at 3:52 p.m.

Bettiola Fortson was only 26 when she died of tuberculosis at her home on south Prairie Avenue in Chicago, but she'd made a considerable mark in that short time. Born...

Around the Southland: Southland Prep stoked about student success, new leader at Pathlights, and more

May 6, 2022 at 3:36 p.m.

Southland Prep celebrates another successful graduating class Maya Moore, a senior at Southland College Prep,, places a sticker on the map showing where she will attend college, at Pomona College...

Around the Southland: AP students help out at Shepard, $50K grant for Tinley school expansion, and more

April 29, 2022 at 1:31 p.m.

AP students on the rise in District 218 With national Advanced Placement exams on the horizon at Shepard High School in Palos Heights, counselor Aminah Garcia recently gathered student mentors...

The 50-year-old Old Will County Courthouse at Ottawa and Jefferson Streets in downtown Joliet is threatened with demolition and was listed last week by Landmarks Illinois on its 2022 list of Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois.

Landmarks: Will County’s Brutalist courthouse makes the short list of ‘Most Endangered’ structures

April 25, 2022 at 12:46 p.m.

A poorly worded inscription on a plaque at the base of a monument outside the Old Will County Courthouse implies credit for the monolithic 1969 concrete structure should go to...

Around the Southland: Blood drive honors Olympia Fields native, area students heading to state journalism contest, and more

April 22, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Blood drive honors Olympia Fields native Kristin Arielle Oliver always gave from her heart. As a teenager, Kristin, who grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago, donated blood to...

Warrick Carter attends a charity event in 2007 in Chicago. Carter helped start a music program at Governors State University from the ground up and later became the first African American president of Columbia College Chicago.

Landmarks: A Governors State University Jazz Band record just sold for $3K, putting a legendary educator back in the spotlight

April 17, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Despite a resurgence of interest in vinyl, those scratchy old record albums moldering in the basement or garage probably aren't worth much. Most are common, mass produced with hundreds of...

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