High school mechanics students help seniors get cars ready for winter
Gloria Bodnar was relieved to find out her 2008 Toyota passed inspection. "It gives me peace of mind throughout the winter, because I rely heavily on my vehicle to get...
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The interfaith women’s group in Bridgeview has been meeting monthly since 1997
It's a Sunday afternoon in November and inside St. Fabian Catholic Church in Bridgeview Turkish tea and Pakistani chai are brewing. On banquet tables are carafes of Palestinian sage tea...
Midlothian teen hopes to collect 10,000 pounds of food for the hungry with holiday light show
Dylan Gluszek is going big this holiday. As if the 6,000-plus pounds of food he collected during last year's holiday season wasn't grand enough, this year he's aiming for 10,000...
St. George students turn apple harvest into Thanksgiving treats for people in need
Give a kid a muffin tin, and he just might brighten someone's holiday. "You don't work, you don't eat," the Rev. Ken Fleck reminds St. George seventh-graders as they gather...
Column: Why I swoon for Thanksgiving — no dress code, no material gifts, just a pause in a workweek to gather and eat
I love bottle rockets bursting to a John Philip Sousa soundtrack. I love a festive Sunday brunch topped off with Cadbury chocolate eggs. I love the way children positively glow...
As Animal Welfare League struggles to win back public trust, critics offer help and Chicago Ridge trustee wants a takeover
It's been a rough two years for the Animal Welfare League in Chicago Ridge. Besieged by protesters alleging animal abuse, unsanitary conditions and bully tactics, the facility was reprimanded earlier...
‘Frozen 2’ melts hearts on opening night in Orland Park
The much-anticipated "Frozen 2," which continues the Disney animated saga of once-estranged sisters Elsa and Anna, premiered locally in theaters across the south suburbs Nov. 21. Inside Marcus Theatres in...
Romancing the bookstore: Mother, daughter open Tinley shop dedicated to love stories
Looking for love? Head to Oak Park Avenue in Tinley Park where a newly opened bookshop replete with comfy chairs, scented candles and soft decor offers chapter and verse on...
Oak Lawn High School social worker explores benefits of mindfulness in new book ‘Mom’s in Her Closet Again!’
Do you find yourself constantly projecting the future? Or unable to stop analyzing the past? If you're feeling pulled in two directions instead of grounded in the present, mindfulness may...
Alsip business owner launches veterans campaign to recognize ‘Hometown Heroes’
Cathy O'Hara is on a mission to get local veterans the recognition they deserve right here in their own communities. "I come from a military family," the owner of O'Hara...