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‘I wanted her with me that day’: Saint Xavier student brings beloved great-grandmother’s ashes to graduation

May 17, 2019 at 6:49 p.m.

Even after her great-grandmother died in September, Mercedes Andrade was determined the matriarch would not miss her college graduation. Delia Flores had been a constant light, an unconditional source of...

Tomi Tranchita had been keeping coyotes on her Tinley Park property for 13 years just had them confiscated by IDNR and Animal Control. Wednesday, May 1, 2019, in Tinley Park.

3 of 4 coyotes confiscated from Tinley Park woman’s property are dead

May 16, 2019 at 5:03 p.m.

Three of the four coyotes confiscated from Tomi Tranchita's Tinley Park backyard last month have died, according to a statement issued Wednesday by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. "Upon...

Increasingly, police are relying on social media to convey messages about crime and suicide prevention.

Matteson police issue suicide prevention message after recent calls

May 13, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.

"Suicide is the only mistake that cannot be undone," wrote Matteson Police Chief Michael Jones in a post on the village's Facebook page Monday. Jones said two recent incidents in...

The author's daughter journey to becoming a nurse began back in grammar school, when she was a frequent flyer in the school health office.

Vickroy: My daughter was a frequent flyer in the school nurse’s office. Now she’s getting a nursing degree, of course.

May 13, 2019 at 7:48 a.m.

Our daughter graduates Sunday with a degree in nursing. My husband and I couldn't be prouder. Nursing school is tough. There's complex terminology to memorize, complicated application scenarios to untangle,...

Ralph Killian searches the devastation at Mount St. Helens for signs of his missing son and daughter-in-law.

Palos Park author pens biography of David Johnston, Oak Lawn geologist killed on Mount St. Helens

May 22, 2019 at 12:20 a.m.

Melanie Holmes came to know David Johnston's story slowly, over time, and sometimes dinner. Long before she became the author of the newly released "A Hero on Mount St. Helens:...

Column: Love, empathy, ambition, history. Local women share the most precious gifts their moms gave them.

May 22, 2019 at 12:16 a.m.

As children across the nation ponder what to give their moms on Mother's Day, I thought it would be interesting to ask readers about the lasting gifts their moms have...

Jim Buschbach (from left), 86, Al Rodrigues, 91, Al Narkiewicz, 90, and Ed Worner, 81, play tennis together several times a week at the the Racquet, Fitness and Gymnastics Center in Oak Lawn.

4 south suburban men in their 80s and 90s prove tennis truly is a lifetime sport

May 22, 2019 at 12:19 a.m.

It's just before 8 on a Wednesday morning and four men in their 80s and 90s are owning the tennis courts inside the Oak Lawn Racquet, Fitness & Gymnastics Center....

Tinley Park baby is fourth generation baptized in 101-year-old gown made by her great-great-grandmother

May 22, 2019 at 12:18 a.m.

On March 17, 4-month-old Joanna Ritza entered the Catholic church in style — and in family tradition. Joanna, who was born on Christmas Day, became the fourth generation to be...

Tomi Tranchita stands in one of the empty pens on her Tinley Park property where she had been keeping coyotes for 13 years until Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Cook County Animal Control confiscated them April 24. Wednesday, May 1, 2019, in Tinley Park.

4 coyotes confiscated from Tinley Park property, leaving wildlife rescuer who had been caring for them ‘distraught’

May 22, 2019 at 12:18 a.m.

On April 24, Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources conservation police, accompanied by Cook County Animal Control officers, confiscated four coyotes that were being kept in pens at a Tinley Park...

Andrew students, from left, Amy Kowal, Annie Gregg, Shu Shu Sheikh and Payal Patel answer questions during an interview in Tinley Park, Ill. on Monday, April 29, 2019.(Mike Mantucca-Daily Southtown)

Fed up with world violence, Andrew High School students make video promoting tolerance

May 22, 2019 at 12:17 a.m.

The Christchurch mosque massacres took place halfway around the world, in New Zealand. And yet the horror reverberated across nations. Students in Tinley Park were so emotionally shattered by the...

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