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Tina Ward, left, media specialist at Evergreen Park Community High School and Mary Black, teen librarian at the Evergreen Park Public Library, are organizing a literary festival at the school in March and have set a fundraising goal of $20,000 to help bring in prominent authors for the event.

Library, high school teaming up to bring literature festival to Evergreen Park

October 13, 2023 at 3:17 p.m.

The Evergreen Park Public Library and Evergreen Park Community High School are teaming up to organize a literary festival for teens. Tina Ward, media specialist at the high school, and...

Hezakiah Hedgecock, 18, of Calumet City, shows some of the items he received from the nonprofit Sweet and Thrifty 2 in Homewood, where he also learned job skills and received other assistance.

A thrift shop in Homewood offers on-the-job training, safe place for youth who have nowhere else to turn

October 3, 2023 at 1:08 p.m.

Hezakiah Hedgecock was 18 and uneasy about making his way in the world after learning his girlfriend was expecting a baby. But with some guidance as well as a few...

Emmanuel Lopez, standing with GSU mascot Jax, will be directing a new Latinx Resource Center at Governors State University, which he said will help the growing number of Hispanic students feel at home at the school in University Park.

New resource center at Governors State ‘solidifies the presence of Latin American students’

September 28, 2023 at 3:37 p.m.

Governors State University officials are creating a new resource center in an effort to make it a little easier for school's growing Hispanic population to feel at home. Emmanuel Lopez,...

Kamola Almatova, left, a native of Tajikstan in Central Asiasits with Oak Lawn librarian Kate Donley during a meeting of English Together at the library, where people from all over the world meet to improve their language skills and make new friends.

People from around the globe gather to converse, make friends at library program in Oak Lawn

March 11, 2024 at 12:38 p.m.

A group of people from far flung points on the globe gathers each week at the Oak Lawn Public Library, taking advantage of an opportunity to practice the language of...

Local colleges are offering free training for a bus driver license in conjunction with Pace Suburban Bus service.

Pace teaming with colleges to offer free bus driver training

September 18, 2023 at 3:38 p.m.

Local community colleges and Pace Suburban Bus service are teaming up to offer students and others who qualify free training for a bus driving career. "It wasn't so easy back...

Wilma Terry-Mason, of Matteson, recently won the National Mrs. Regal Elegance 2023 pageant in New Orleans and plans to use her platform to highlight the importance of self-exams and early testing for breast cancer.

Matteson breast cancer survivor’s pageant crown a win for those who ‘never really had a Barbie who represented us’

September 14, 2023 at 5:27 a.m.

Winning a pageant is a great way to feel beautiful, but even better for Wilma Terry-Mason, it's a chance to share some important messages about early detection of breast cancer....

Delta Academy students and staff from District 228 are participating in the Forest Preserves of Cook County Adopt-a-Site program at two preserves near 159th Street and Cicero Avenue.

Bremen students adopt forest preserves, ‘excited to get out there and do something’

September 12, 2023 at 3:03 p.m.

When students from Bremen High School District 228's Delta Academy visit area forest preserves, they're getting a chance to foster their love of nature and wildlife. And they're also getting...

Wildberry, one of the current residents at South Suburban Humane Society in Matteson, pauses during a walk on the shelter's memorial brick path. The SSHS is holding a Luminary Memorial where people can honor the pets they've lost on Sept. 10

Humane Society’s luminary event offers chance to mourn lost pets, bless current ones

August 29, 2023 at 3:35 p.m.

Staff members at South Suburban Humane Society in Matteson know how tough it can be to lose a pet, so they are organizing a special Luminary Memorial Event as a...

Officer Fernando "Frank" Flores, center, stands with members of the 2023 Palos Park Community Emergency Response Team. The team is launching its first Challenge Coin to raise money for uniforms and equipment.

Formed a year ago Palos Park volunteer team draws on World War I idea to fund emergency response efforts

August 28, 2023 at 5:06 a.m.

Volunteers in Palos Park are ready to help keep the community safe if they're needed during a disaster, equipped with crowd control skills and medical training. Now, a year after...

Emily Hornburg, who lives in Oak Lawn and grew up in Evergreen Park, will discuss her book, "The Night's Chosen," at the upcoming Oak Lawn Public Library Local Author Showcase. Her first two books in the series were "The Shadow's Heir" and "The Forest's Keeper."

Library, bookstore team up for Oak Lawn’s first Local Author Showcase

March 12, 2024 at 11:59 a.m.

Difficult life experiences made Oak Lawn resident Ralph Rosenbrock determined to persevere, a simple message he conveys in his book, "Just a Farm Kid." "I always felt if I could...

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