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Maria Pojeta Hibbs, right, the new president of the Historic Pullman Foundation, and Joseph Szabo, president emeritus, pause together while volunteering at Pullman Railroad Days in 2022.

Former Pullman scholarship recipient returns to lead Historic Pullman Foundation

March 12, 2024 at 12:03 p.m.

Growing up in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood, Maria Pojeta Hibbs often would head over to nearby Pullman and hang out with friends who lived there. As her high school tenure wrapped...

Akilah Easter, a dean at Olive-Harvey College on Chicago's Far South Side, tends hemp plants in the college's new greenhouse. The college has expanded its cannabis curriculum and now offers in-district tuition to residents throughout the state.

Olive-Harvey College counters war on drugs fallout with new cannabis degree, greenhouse

June 7, 2023 at 11:32 a.m.

Officials at Olive-Harvey College on Chicago's Far South Side hope to use cannabis as a tool to help reverse the effects of failed drug prevention policies. The college has established...

A sleeping berth is folded out on a historic rail car during Pullman Railroad Days last weekend in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood.

Golden age of train travel brought back to life at Pullman Railroad Days

May 24, 2023 at 3:43 p.m.

John Ricketts has fond memories of riding the train with his family on their trips to Florida from their South Side home, enjoying the luxuries of a Pullman berth and...

Students, including Gabriella Lopez, left, and Brieanna Ford, sort through clothing recently at Champ's Career Closet at St. Xavier University in Chicago. The resource opened April 24 and offers new and gently used business casual attire for students interviewing for internships and jobs.

Saint Xavier University initiative helps students dress for success ‘regardless of their financial background’

May 23, 2023 at 5:53 p.m.

A new resource at Saint Xavier University in Chicago is helping students dress for the jobs they want. Champ's Career Closet offers access to business casual clothing for students to...

Alicia Ramos a senior at Sandburg High School in Orland Park, won a gold medal for her interior design presentation at the SkillsUSA state championship event in Peoria.

Southland students bring home gold medals at state SkillsUSA competition

May 17, 2023 at 3:51 p.m.

Skill, passion and perseverance were a winning formula for students from throughout the Southland who competed in the statewide SkillsUSA Championships late last month. Teams from Lockport Township, Homewood-Flossmoor, Lincoln-Way...

Hussein Mohd, of Tinley Park, is heading up implementation of the Obama Presidential Center/Jackson Park Mobility Improvement Project.

‘Star student’ from Tinley Park now implementing road work plan around Obama Presidential Center

May 16, 2023 at 12:08 p.m.

Even as a child, Hussein Mohd wanted to help find solutions to the structural problems his dad faced as a civil engineer. "I remember coming to him and asking him...

Officer Joseph Carlson heads a Crisis Intervention Team for the Palos Heights Police Department, which has helped field calls related to mental health issues. The program has inspired Carlson to pursue a master's degree in social work.

Crisis Intervention Teams making a difference in responses to mental health situations, police say

May 8, 2023 at 3:32 p.m.

When Palos Heights police responded recently to a report of a suspicious person, they found a victim of sex trafficking who was short circuiting over the abuse she had experienced....

Members of the football team at Marian Catholic High School get tips on how to plant trees from representatives of the Morton Arboretum last month at their campus in Chicago Heights.

Arbor, Earth and service days get students outdoors to plant trees, including one named ‘Michael Jordan’

May 5, 2023 at 2:32 p.m.

Groups of high school students have been deployed throughout the south suburbs in recent days, spending some time outside the classroom and getting a bit dirty through some hands on...

A recent panel discussion at an Arab American Heritage Month event at Moraine Valley Community College featured professional women, each with a story about the influences that led them to their successful careers.

Arab American women share challenges, triumphs at MVCC panel talk

April 26, 2023 at 5:23 a.m.

Naya Khartabeel, a student at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills and board member of the Arab Student Union, was eying a career in law, but she wasn't finding...

From left, Yousrah Sheikah, Genien Sheikah and Ahmed Khatib stand in front of a television showing their recent appearance on "Guy's Grocery Games" on Food Network. The Tinley Park family loves to cook and competed against two other families on the program.

Tinley Park home cook brings family recipes to TV on Guy’s Grocery Games

April 23, 2023 at 8:16 a.m.

Cooking is a way of life for Genien Sheikah, of Tinley Park, and her husband and mom. So when they had a chance to show off their culinary skills on...

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