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Landmarks: March Madness a welcome diversion, even if the bracket is full of birds

March 21, 2021 at 5:58 a.m.

After a year when March Madness was usurped by insanity of a far more grim variety, the return of the NCAA basketball tournament this week has been accompanied by much...

Around the Southland: Providence Catholic dancers bring home state title, and more

March 18, 2021 at 3:46 p.m.

Some Southland students are learning at home, while others are back on campus at their various schools, but no matter where they're spending their days, the pandemic isn't slowing them...

Dancers from Mullane Healy Godley Academy perform at Chicago Gaelic Park in Oak Forest March 10, 2015. There hasn't been much dancing over the last year at Gaelic Park, but officials with the cultural center hope to be back to being the active center of the wider South Side Irish community soon.

Landmarks: It will be a quieter St. Patrick’s Day this year at Gaelic Park, but ‘we are still celebrating’

March 14, 2021 at 6:01 a.m.

When I was young and Aunt Helen would come to stay with us, my parents would roll out the cot and she would sleep in my room. Before going to...

Around the Southland: School celebrates Respect Week, interfaith group helps charities, and more

March 11, 2021 at 4:05 p.m.

It's been a busy time around these parts, so let's start our tour of the region in Palos Heights, where students and staff members at Shepard High School recently organized...

A rusty patched bumble bee visits a native Joe Pye weed plant in a yard in Lake County last year. Joe Pye weed is one of the many native plants that can be purchased at The Nature Foundation of Will County's Bringing Nature Home Native Plant Sale, which begins March 13 at willcountynature.org.

Will County native plant sale growing into three events this year: ‘More people are looking to do something good for the environment’

March 10, 2021 at 12:38 p.m.

When Cindy Harn started working at the Forest Preserve District of Will County in 2013, one of her first duties was to oversee the district's initial native plant sale. "I...

Landmarks: A school district in Midlothian received more COVID-19 shots than it needed. Within weeks it helped 2,300 community members get vaccinated

March 7, 2021 at 10:19 a.m.

It was approaching midsummer last year before graduating seniors in Bremen High School in Midlothian were able to ceremonially celebrate their major milestone. Like many of their counterparts throughout the...

Around the Southland: Marine musician visits, Oak Lawn diver breaks record, Black leaders honored, and more

March 4, 2021 at 9:41 p.m.

Welcome to a new Daily Southtown feature, Around the Southland, where we'll offer glimpses of all the cool things happening in the south suburbs. This week, we start with band...

Volunteer Burt Kummer cuts a head of the invasive plant tease in 2018 at Old School Forest Preserve in Libertyville.

Landmarks: That spiky plant you see everywhere along area roadsides? It’s teasel, and it’s just one of many invaders

February 28, 2021 at 5:10 a.m.

The days are getting longer, the weather will be getting warmer and the warriors are preparing once again to do battle to repel and remove the invaders that have staked...

A truck travels along 175th Street in Homewood in front of the clubhouse of Calumet Country Club, where a developer is proposing a large trucking and warehousing hub.

Landmarks: Calumet Country Club controversy in Homewood a prime example of NIMBY activism — and I couldn’t be more grateful

February 21, 2021 at 7:41 a.m.

As journalists, we're not supposed to take sides on issues the newspaper may cover. It's a standard that makes sense: Taking a public stance on an issue could be viewed...

Landmarks: Glenwood’s Annie Lee, a trendsetting artist and creator of ‘Black Americana,’ left a national legacy. Now she may get a local one too

February 14, 2021 at 11:14 a.m.

Americana is a nice term, it evokes fuzzy feelings about our country and, for me, the art and music peculiar to America that blends traditions from a melting pot of...

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