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Arsenio White helps his son Yandel, 2, climb a ladder during an outing in the Play Garden at Chicago's Maggie Daley Park. On a busy Saturday, an estimated 15 to 20 children become separated from their parents, a security officer at the park says. All have been reunited with their families.

At Maggie Daley Park, eager kids can slip out of parents’ sight

August 19, 2019 at 12:15 a.m.

During a recent visit to Chicago, relatives took Matt Fauske, his wife and two daughters to Maggie Daley Park, the city's attraction featuring 20 acres of playground, climbing walls and...

Dakota Jackson, one of three boys on the dance team, practices with teammates Sept. 24, 20215, in the cafeteria at Eisenhower High School in Blue Island. "I just thought it would be fun to start dancing," said Jackson, 15.

Change in dance team designation inspires more high school boys to boogie

August 19, 2019 at 12:15 a.m.

Ever since he was a little boy, 15-year-old Dakota Jackson said he has entertained his family with handstands, kick-ball-changes and other hip-hop dance moves whenever he hears a beat. So...

Instructor Genna Walden, from left, and her daughter, Kara, 2, Kirsten Gebhardt and daughter Addy, 2, Lise Nauman and twins Anna and Emily, 3, at ballet class in Naperville in 2009. Some park district officials said evening offerings for 3- and 4-year olds are limited.

Working mom laments lack of weeknight toddler classes

August 18, 2019 at 10:46 p.m.

After combing through the local park district's brochure outlining class offerings, I and two other working moms I know realized we had one choice. Our 4-year-old daughters wanted to take...

Todd, left, and Mark Wathen, of Tuscola, Ill., seen here at their home in Mattoon in 2011, filed a complaint with the Illinois Department of Human Rights over the way they were treated when inquiring about potential venues for their civil union ceremony.

Ruling sides with same-sex couple turned away by bed-and-breakfast

May 31, 2019 at 3:28 a.m.

Public businesses in Illinois cannot refuse to serve same-sex couples based on religious beliefs, a judge for the Illinois Human Rights Commission has ruled, siding with a same-sex couple denied...

Sophia Trujillo, 6, watches as her blood is drawn at Advocate Children's Hospital in Park Ridge on Sept. 4, 2015. She needs a bone marrow transplant, but finding a donor with her racial makeup is difficult.

Girl in need of bone marrow highlights shortage of mixed-race donors

August 18, 2019 at 9:08 p.m.

When doctors told Michelle Trujillo in July that her 6-year-old daughter would need a bone marrow transplant to save her life, the Crystal Lake mother didn't want to wait another...

3 of 4 bodies found in Riverdale garage had been released to funeral directors

June 15, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.

Three of the four bodies found in a Riverdale garage this week had previously been released to licensed funeral directors by the Cook County medical examiner's office, an office spokesman...

Student violinist’s struggle inspires donation of heirloom piano

August 18, 2019 at 8:49 p.m.

A longtime Chicago disability attorney who suffers from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome was so impressed with Roosevelt University's efforts to accommodate a music student with the same debilitating genetic disorder that she...

Suspect in Willowbrook stabbing, sexual assault arrested in Indiana

August 18, 2019 at 8:24 p.m.

A suspect has been taken into custody in the weekend stabbing and sexual assault of a woman at her home in suburban Willowbrook.The suspect was arrested in South Bend, Ind.,...

Robbins community mourns family torn apart by drag-racing crash

May 22, 2019 at 8:35 p.m.

Just two weekends ago, Cherise Davis-Jones and her husband, Less Jones, brought their children to a church Back-to-School celebration, where the family enjoyed hot dogs, horseback rides and turns in...

Ora Picketts, left, cousin of Less Jones, and his girlfriend, Ramona Payne, mourn at the prayer vigil Aug. 28, 2015, for Jones and his wife at the crash site in Robbins.

Robbins community mourns family torn apart by drag-racing crash

May 21, 2019 at 5:51 p.m.

Just two weekends ago, Cherise Davis-Jones and her husband, Less Jones, brought their children to a church back-to-school celebration, where the family enjoyed hot dogs, horseback rides and turns in...

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