Janice Neumann

The cost of dental care, even teeth cleaning, can be out of reach for many people, and that can put them at risk for serious health problems. So Prairie State...

There have been times in her teaching career when Marwa Elmasry was so floored by racial insults that she considered switching professions. "People might say, 'You are a terrorist,'" said...

Learning English at her children's schools gave Danna Pacheco the confidence to start using her new language in conversations, a skill she hadn't mastered through classes growing up in Puerto...

Before a dog named Davis was added to the staff at Frankfort Square School, students having a meltdown might spend 10 to 15 minutes in the "chill zone." Now they're...

Isabella Slack long has showed her compassionate streak through actions such as giving treats to homeless people, so when the 9-year-old had a chance to invent a game, she came...

Little Santa spoons, small angels, colorful banners and wreaths and holiday cards are adding to festivities throughout a retirement complex in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood, thanks to an artist and crafter...

Dozens of choir students at Shepard High School are gearing up for a concert at the downtown home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Staff at the school in Palos Heights...

Free haircuts were part of the curriculum earlier this week for more than a dozen south suburban grade school students, as well as their barber school counterparts who were on...

Katy and Tim Landuyt stopped by the Silver Cross Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in New Lenox the other day to drop off small, fleece blankets they've been collecting Besides keeping...