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Jill Flanagan, a journalism teacher at Bartlett High School, supervises students recording a news segment for the school radio station this month. Her newspaper class was canceled this year due to low enrollment.

Lack of money, interest forcing many high school newspapers to fold

August 18, 2019 at 7:12 p.m.

When there wasn't enough money in the Steinmetz College Prep high school budget to cover the cost of printing a student newspaper, its journalism adviser made a desperate plea to...

Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky looks at a camera during a news conference on Sunday.

Local friends, family cheer on Benet grad in NCAA basketball Sweet 16

August 18, 2019 at 7:03 p.m.

Gene Heidkamp was on a treadmill at his gym earlier this week when he looked up at a TV screen to see a familiar face answering questions on ESPN. The...

Bobblehead of Naperville Mayor George Pradel at the tollway administration building in Downers Grove, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011.

Naperville mayor to step down after five terms

August 18, 2019 at 7:01 p.m.

Naperville Mayor George Pradel was running late. On the other side of the bustling western suburb, leaders of a nonprofit children's home had a BLT sandwich and Coke waiting for...

Some babies just won't sleep long without being swaddled, and squirming can loosen the bind. There's at least one product pitched to help with that, and nearly every other trouble frazzled parents encounter.

Deciphering the billion-dollar world of baby gear

August 18, 2019 at 7:01 p.m.

The workers at Buy Buy Baby were still having their morning huddle when I came bounding in, bleary-eyed, ready to try anything. "We're in the midst of a swaddle crisis,"...

Orland Park man credits hot sauce with saving his life

August 18, 2019 at 6:55 p.m.

An Orland Park man is enjoying more than a year's supply of free hot sauce, which he credits with triggering a seizure that may have helped save his life. Randy...

Small town rallies around beloved leader facing cancer

August 18, 2019 at 6:51 p.m.

As neighboring suburbs have swelled with new subdivisions, fast-food chains and traffic just a few miles down the road, this tiny community of 488 people has fought to stay the...

Mom gets quick lesson on teaching diversity

August 18, 2019 at 6:46 p.m.

From the time my older daughter, Gracie was very young, I've tried to subtly teach her to appreciate the diversity in the world today. As a baby, she came with...

While waiting for new hearts, women build loving friendship

August 18, 2019 at 6:44 p.m.

For months, Niki Glass waited anxiously in Room 976 of the cardiac intensive care unit for the call that would save her life. A few doors down the hall at...

Becky Barnes says newborns get the Medline baby blankets at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital in Hinsdale.

Mundelein-based company to sell iconic hospital blankets on Amazon

June 16, 2018 at 2:51 a.m.

After stories about its pink and blue striped hospital receiving blanket went viral on social media last fall, the Mundelein-based company that supplies the covers to hospitals around the world...

Student digital privacy protections welcomed by parents, teachers

August 18, 2019 at 6:37 p.m.

When Courtney Lorentz's 6-year-old daughter brought home an iPad from school last fall, the Deerfield mom wanted assurance that the thoughts, ideas and personal information her daughter typed into the...

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