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The Beverly Shores, Ind., station on the South Shore Line is still operating and contains an art gallery. (Susan DeGrane/ Post-Tribune)

Calumet Heritage Partnership hosts rail, kayak and bike excursions in the Calumet Region

May 13, 2019 at 2:30 a.m.

On July 2, one car on a South Shore Line train exiting Millennium Station offered passengers a virtual trip back in time. In all, 18 passengers joined the "Calumet Rails...

After receiving negative comments and threats on social media, the board of trustees at Beverly Unitarian Church decided to post this message instead of "Black Lives Matter." (Steve Metsch/Daily Southtown)

Group calls for murder moratorium on Easter

May 21, 2019 at 6:31 p.m.

So rare are days without murder in Chicago that when one occurred in 2012, the news made national headlines. Now, a coalition of Chicago-area ministers, educators and parishioners wants to...

Bob Busch at St. Luke Orthodox Church in Palos Hills. (Waldemar Reichert photo)

Orthodox priest, Palos Hills resident assert alternate version of Chicago history

May 21, 2019 at 6:25 p.m.

It wasn't until late fall of 1674 that Father Jacques Marquette launched his canoe in the frigid waters of Lake Michigan near the portage at Sturgeon Bay. Accompanied by two...

SLAVERY REPARATION

August 20, 2021 at 6:23 p.m.

Regarding reparation for the descendents of African-American slaves, as a descendent of those who fought and gave their lives to abolish slavery, I find this highly insulting. Were their sacrifices...

150 MARCH IN THE RAIN FOR AIDS AWARENESS

August 10, 2021 at 7:27 p.m.

A gentle rain prompted the opening of brightly colored umbrellas but did nothing to dampen the determination of 150 people who participated in Saturday's South Suburban AIDS Walk at Prairie...

SCHOOL REPAIRS UNDER WAY AFTER STORM DESTROYS ROOF

August 10, 2021 at 9:52 p.m.

Students at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran School in Country Club Hills are expected to return to school Monday, a week after high winds from a rain storm tore the roof...

A BOOSTER SHOT FOR YOUR KIDS’ SELF-ESTEEM

August 10, 2021 at 8:24 p.m.

NAME: Hara Estroff Marano BACKGROUND: Author of "Why Doesn't Anybody Like Me?: A Guide to Raising Socially Confident Kids" (William Morrow & Co., $12), Hara Estroff Marano, is an editor...

COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, HARVEY MAYORS ON WAY TO VICTORY

August 10, 2021 at 5:34 p.m.

Incumbent mayors in three hotly contested south suburban races in Harvey, Chicago Heights and Country Club Hills all appeared to win re-election Tuesday night. But calls for a recount could...

CHILDREN OF TEENS

August 11, 2021 at 5:59 a.m.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world, as the saying goes. The article about UN population forecasts (Page 1, Feb. 17) was very enlightening. I still find it...

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE

August 11, 2021 at 8:24 a.m.

The case of Derrick Hardaway, Robert "Yummy" Sandifer's killer, is heartbreaking when one reads of the valuable lessons Hardaway learned only too late at the Nancy B. Jefferson School in...

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