Orland Park sues to close church homeless shelter
A homeless shelter in the basement of an Orland Park church will apparently continue to operate, at least for the time being, despite a lawsuit filed by the village seeking...
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Orland Park wants to shut down church homeless shelter alleging health, safety code violations
Orland Park officials said Wednesday they had found more than two dozen health and safety code violations at a church that recently opened a homeless shelter. Officials have asked the...
Eisenhower, Thornwood teachers’ work celebrated in Emmy-nominated films
Teachers Gladys Marquez and Susan Hudson already have the admiration of their students. Soon, they may have an Emmy Award as well. Marquez, who teaches at Eisenhower High School in...
Owner of Bookie’s Bookstore in Homewood shares his story and his Top 10 reads
Among the reams of interesting stories inside Bookie's in Homewood is the one that belongs to the owner, a former high school English teacher whose casual conversation inside a tiny...
Unlike Halloween, Mexico’s Day of the Dead meant to be celebration of lost loved ones
In Mexican culture, says Rita Arias Jirasek, a person dies three times: 1) Physical death, when your heart stops beating and you stop breathing; 2) Ceremonial death, your burial or...
Lemont educator’s children’s book ‘Chasing Charleigh’ addresses race and open adoption through eyes of a child
Children have been known to ask some tough questions. Those who were adopted likely ask some of the toughest. It's up to their parents to find the words to explain...
A chance encounter on a lonely stretch of Swallow Cliff trail in Palos Township saves a life and grows a friendship
The serendipity of it all. That Tom O'Brien would choose that fateful Friday to break with his running routine. That Denis Fellmann would collapse on a lonely stretch of forest...
A suburban school maintenance worker’s novel has been turned into a Hallmark Christmas movie
Rikk Dunlap calls it "uplift-erature." The term, referring to stories that leave a person feeling good, has become his mantra, his guide and his ticket onto the Hallmark Channel. It...
You’re tired, I’m tired, we’re all exhausted. Thanks, Washington.
I'm with you America. Exhausted. As if social media notifications, a daily bombardment of robocalls, a 24-hour news cycle, a Rubik's Cube of TV access options and a need to...
A kindness campaign at Oak Forest High School is honoring the legacy of a student from a rival school
For the past 13 years, since they were placed in the same conference, the Oak Forest High School Bengals and the Lemont High School Indians have been going at it....