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Jack Piros, a graduating senior at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, shows some of the awards he's won, including the 2024 National Political Science Bee trophy he won in April at in Virginia. (Michael Sacks)

Homewood-Flossmoor senior Jack Piros wins National Political Science Bee in Virginia

May 26, 2024 at 5:10 a.m.

Jack Piros, a graduating senior at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, recently bested a field of 47 contestants at the National Political Science Bee in Virginia.

Eileen O'Neill, right, a graduating senior at Oak Lawn Community High School, stands with graphic design teacher Jacqueline Hartmann in a the design studio at the school in Oak Lawn. They're holding O'Neill's award-winning poster. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Oak Lawn graphic design student takes top prize in state contest

May 21, 2024 at 2:32 p.m.

Eileen O'Neill, a graduating senior at Oak Lawn Community High School, won a top prize in the Alcohol/Drug Prevention Poster Contest sponsored by Illinois Churches in Action.

Tinley Park High School sophomore Amira Hammad reads her prize-winning letter to author David Sheff as Greg McCormick, director of the Illinois State Library, looks on during a recent ceremony in Springfield. (School District 228)

Tinley Park sophomore wins state award with letter about addiction

May 16, 2024 at 4:11 p.m.

Tinley Park sophomore Amira Hammad's letter to author David Sheff earned her a first place prize in a statewide writing contest.

Students in Northwestern Medicine's Basic Nurse Assistant Training Program work on a simulated patient during a recent session at Northwestern in Chicago. (Northwestern Medicine)

Northwestern recruiting from within with free nursing training program for staff

May 15, 2024 at 5:54 p.m.

Staff at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital and others in the system have access to a free program offering nurse training.

Palos South Middle School eighth graders, from left, Kamile Juzenas, Meda Kemeza, Indre Luksys and Penny Ocampo sit with their teacher Ann Marie Ruprecht at the school in Palos Park. The students have organzed an event that will celebrate all of the cultures of the school community. (Palos 118)

Middle School students unite to host culture celebration in Palos Park

May 13, 2024 at 2:36 p.m.

Four students at Palos South Middle School are organizing a celebration of different cultures at the school in Palos Park.

Dawn Isenhart-Copp, left, and Oak Forest Animal Control Officer Melissa Drozd stand by a plaque honoring their friend Laura Gray, a former Oak Forest alderwoman and longtime volunteer who helped found The Friends of Oak Forest Animal Control. The group helped find homes for abandoned pets. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Longtime Oak Forest volunteer’s name lives on at animal agency where she helped

May 6, 2024 at 3:32 p.m.

Longtime Oak Forest volunteer Laura Gray died at 62 in February. Less than two months later, Oak Forest officials dedicated the renamed Laura Gray Animal Control & Care Center.

Venisha Bonds, left, of Dolton, and Chez Smith, of Chicago Heights, will be honored May 14 as Blood Services Heroes at the 22nd Annual Heroes Breakfast at the Hilton Chicago for their work establishing a program that offers free training to young women to work as phlebotomists. (Chez Smith)

Red Cross to laud women from Chicago Heights, Dolton, who have made a habit of helping

May 5, 2024 at 5:13 a.m.

Two women from Chicago Heights and Dolton will be lauded as Blood Services Heroes by the Red Cross after starting a program that trains young women to work as phlebotomists.

Oak Lawn Community High School sophomores Kasia Bienias and Amelia Wiski give a presentation recently about Smigus-Dyngus, Poland's national water fight day to fellow members of the Polish Culture Club recently at the school in Oak Lawn. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Oak Lawn club dives into Smigus-Dyngus, Constitution Day ‘to help the Polish community flourish’

April 30, 2024 at 3:40 p.m.

Oak Lawn Community High School students explore, share their Polish heritage through events such as Smigus-Dyngus water day, Polish Constitution Day.

Volunteers Rod Lewis and Michael Shymanski stand in front of Americo Lisciotto's former home at 11121 S. Champlain Ave. in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood. Tours of the home highlighted Lisciotto's role in helping save the historic neighborhood from being demolished as part of a 1960s redevelopment plan. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Pullman House Project spotlights resident who fought off city bulldozers

April 25, 2024 at 9:36 a.m.

A Pullman group opened up the home of Italian immigrant Americo L. Lisciotto, who led an effort to keep Chicago's Pullman neighborhood from being bulldozed as part of a 1960s...

Eisenhower High School sophomore Yenedy Reyes-Pardo, front, joins staff members from the school in Blue Island, from left, Ray Vicario, Jennifer Serpe, principal Ben Blakeley, Dan Russell, Stephanie McNeela and Maureen Featherstone at a School District 218 meeting, where they were lauded for their actions that saved the life of an Eisenhower freshman. (Bob McParland)

On her second day at Eisenhower High School, a sophomore from Colombia helped save her friend’s life

April 23, 2024 at 3:17 p.m.

Yenedy Reys-Pardo had just started attending Eisenhower High School after her family arrived in Blue Island from Colombia seeking asylum when her new friend had a seizure in the swimming...

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