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A large crowd came out for the grand opening of High 5 Heights, a store in Palos Heights staffed by students and graduates of School District 218's Adult Transition Program.

New store in Palos Heights gives adult transition students a place to train, sell items they create

December 8, 2023 at 12:10 p.m.

Julia Huscher enjoys coming to work, working the register and helping customers. The 22-year-old graduate of the Adult Transition Program in Community High School District 218 is employed at the...

A student walks on campus at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills. The college recently signed agreements with two historically Black colleges and universities that can help students further their studies at HBCUs.

Moraine Valley Community College creating pathways for students to continue education at HBCUs

November 27, 2023 at 4:25 p.m.

Officials at Moraine Valley Community College are make it easier for students to transfer to historically Black colleges and universities after concluding their studies at the school in Palos Hills....

Carol Pack, a fourth grader in Palos Community Consolidated School District 118, won Best Game at the 2023 Young Inventor Challenge for her invention, Catastrophe of Hairballs.

Hairballs, zombies and silly makeup earn game awards for Palos students at Young Inventor Challenge in Chicago

November 25, 2023 at 6:30 a.m.

Carol Pack thinks cats are pretty cute, even though she doesn't have one. But she needed some expert advice when she wanted to invent a game based on the fuzzy...

The South Suburban Humane Society opened its facility at 21800 Central Ave. in Matteson in 2022. It replaced the Society's longtime home in Chicago Heights.

Black Friday savings at Humane Society include saving pets from crowded shelter

November 21, 2023 at 1:50 p.m.

On one of the busiest shopping days of the year, why let the stores have all the fun? The big savings Friday at South Suburban Humane Society in Matteson involves...

Evergreen Park resident Wally Prim discusses his experience on Honor Flight Chicago during a recent program at Evergreen Park Public Library.

A veteran’s Honor Flight experience leads him to advocate for organization years later

November 11, 2023 at 5:08 a.m.

Wally Prim will never forget the day a South Korean family ran up and hugged him in the concourse of Dulles Airport in Virginia, happily yelling "G.I., G.I." "That brought...

Michelle Pytel, of Homer Glen, receives treatment at Northwestern Medicine-Palos Health hospital in Palos Heights after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Teachers at same Romeoville school become ‘breasties’ over shared cancer fight

November 6, 2023 at 6:35 a.m.

After Laura Gress found out she had breast cancer in the spring of 2022, she was so overwhelmed she drank herself to sleep. Just 40 at the time of her...

Hillcrest High School students, from left, Lakayiah Thomas, David Carey, and Amari Yarbrough stand together Oct. 18 after winning Outstanding Achievement in Cinema for the movie "Whispers of a Ghost" during the 2023 Student Silent Film Festival at the Tivoli Theatre, Downers Grove.

Media students from Hillcrest turn scary short into award-winning film

October 31, 2023 at 5:28 a.m.

A trio from a high school in the south suburbs planned to attend a Halloween party recently but two friends didn't want the third to come, so they gave him...

Jasmine Meza, left, who attended Eisenhower High School in Blue Island, recently taught an art class for Hispanic and Latino Cultural Club students at Richards High School in Oak Lawn after being invited by Spanish teacher Nalleli Herrera.

Eisenhower grad returns to area to help Richards students find ‘safe spaces’ through art

October 30, 2023 at 4:59 a.m.

Making art helped Jasmine Meza work through some tough times when she was in high school, and last week she returned to her school district to offer current students at...

Jennifer Peloquin, principal of Palos West Elementary School in Palos Park receives a donation of shoes from Bradley Tritt, manager of the Orland Park Tradehome Shoes store. Peloquin subsequently redonated the shoes to another school district where she used to work.

Regifted: Palos Park school chosen to receive gym shoe donation sends prizes ‘where kids needed it a bit more’

October 17, 2023 at 3:34 p.m.

A donation of dozens of high end shoes from a store in Orland Square Mall recently sparked a chain reaction of giving that is helping local elementary school kids who...

Cindy, a client at Elim Christian Services pauses on a bridge at the campus in Palos Heights. The Oak Forest resident has built up a following for the hand-made greeting cards she creates.

Artist at Elim launches hand-painted greeting card business at age 51

October 14, 2023 at 5:02 a.m.

For most of her 30 years at Elim Christian Services, Cindy has been building her skills, helping staff and fellow clients at the nonprofit organization and participating in volunteer projects....

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