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A mystery is buried just below the surface on the shallow slope of Sag Valley's north bluff near Palos Park.

Landmarks: Local lore in south suburban Palos Park points to mysterious fortifications that predate a nearby ghost town. And now two friends are on the case.

December 19, 2021 at 10:16 a.m.

In the larger scope of things, the vista that greets visitors to the parking lot at St. Luke Orthodox Church in Palos Park isn't grand. It is sweeping, and for...

Around the Southland: New Lenox cheer teams excel at state competition, and more

December 17, 2021 at 11:25 a.m.

Elite Cheer teams show off at state level Three New Lenox cheerleading teams took top honors against teams from throughout Illinois earlier this month. Elite Cheer sent teams from three...

Around the Southland: Oak Lawn police officer lauded for saving child’s life, students help Ronald McDonald House, and more

December 10, 2021 at 1:04 p.m.

The Johnson-Phelps VFW & Auxiliary Post 5220 in Oak Lawn recently presented their Police Officer of the Year award to Oak Lawn police Officer John Vasquez along with the VFW's...

An American Airlines jet approaches O'Hare International Airport Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in Chicago.

Landmarks: Transportation fan or not, flight tracking sites show the sky is full of stories

December 5, 2021 at 12:28 p.m.

It used to be that nobody wanted to live by waterways. Often polluted and sometimes conveying industrial freight, developers usually gave the area's rivers and streams a cold shoulder, facing...

Around the Southland: Students, communities celebrate Thanksgiving through giving

December 3, 2021 at 2:50 p.m.

Throughout the Southland, students and community groups are working to help people who need it through food drives and other events. District 218 students stay after school to help In...

The Paarlberg Homestead, now part of Paarlberg Park in South Holland, was home to the The Widow Paarlberg and her family, who helped pioneer an agricultural tradition that led to the village being known as "the Onion Set Capital of the World."

Landmarks: A death at sea set the foundation for generations of farmers and a village’s legacy as the ‘Onion Set Capital of the World’

November 21, 2021 at 8:57 a.m.

The Great Depression was just getting underway when a farmer in Georgia decided to start growing onions in an agricultural region know primarily for pecans and tobacco. It was a...

Around the Southland: Speech coach surprised with statewide honor, animal group raising funds for peacock home, and more

November 19, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Cheryl Frazier, director of speech and forensics at Southland College Prep Charter High School, started the speech and drama program there shortly after the school's founding in 2010 and has...

The New York Street bridge in downtown Aurora was dedicated in 1931, and intended to honor the sacrifices made during World War I. At either end of the bridge, sculptures of hooded, kneeling women represent memory, while in the center of the bridge along the north side stands a bronze statue of the goddess of victory with a carving in its base of a family in peacetime.

Landmarks: Monuments to a century-old war can fade into the background, but new effort hopes to give them ‘a moment of memory they deserve’

November 14, 2021 at 1:02 p.m.

Cropsey, Illinois, isn't officially a town. Rather, it's a five-block cluster of homes under mature trees, a tiny oasis amid the vast corn and soybean fields northeast of Bloomington. It's...

Around the Southland: Thornton Township names classroom for alum, Misericordia popup returns, and more

November 12, 2021 at 2:53 p.m.

Thornton Township facility honors distinguished graduate Thornton Township High School District 205 officials gathered last week with local leaders to cut a ribbon for Thornton Township High School's newly renamed...

The sign for Kiddieland Amusement Park in Melrose Park long stood at at First and North avenues. A Costco store now occupies part of the site.

Landmarks: The Kiddieland thrill may be long gone, but interest in reliving those memories still brings people together

November 7, 2021 at 4:36 a.m.

Perhaps there was a time when thrill-seekers had to mount logs and ride them through river rapids to achieve an extracurricular adrenaline rush. In more modern times, by which I...

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