A taskforce of state legislators and historians will ask the General Assembly to create the Illinois Freedom Trails Commission.
Column: Efforts to document Underground Railroad sites in the south suburbs gains momentum
Category: Daily Southtown Opinion
Donna Vickroy: When everything seems to go against your nature, let nature itself be your restorative
Birds are not only beautiful to look at but far more clever than we give them credit for when it comes to communicating about food and danger and staying warm.
Donna Vickroy: When everything goes to rot, remember you can do hard things
Life throws us difficult, seemingly impossible challenges, but it also provides others who are ready to help us get through it. And once you do, you will carry in your heart for the rest of your life the knowledge that you can do hard things.
Column: Park Forest gears up for final 75th anniversary celebration
Park Forest celebrates veterans and its 75th anniversary on Saturday with film on village history: “America’s original G.I. Town”
Donna Vickroy: Worried, scared, despondent about the upcoming election? Let’s hope our best selves emerge
An election should pique your interest, raise concerns, propose opportunity, inspire a hopeful “what-if” kind of thinking. It shouldn’t make you feel like a cat on a hot tin roof.
Letter: COVID-19 vaccine is an important component of preventative health care
Iris Patterson of Chicago Integrated Health in Matteson recommends residents get a COVID-19 vaccination as holidays approach.
Column: South suburban travel agents say book now to get the best winter holiday travel deals
Corrine Wilkerson, of MacTravel Services in Homewood, and Pam Carroll, of Gadabout Travel in Palos Hills, share holiday travel tips.
Donna Vickroy: On a trek across ‘divided’ America, suburban retiree finds inner peace and unconditional acceptance
A 22-day, 5,700-mile odyssey across America leaves suburban man humbled, inspired and convinced we, as a people, are not as divided as we think we are.
Letter: Delivering hope in the south and southwest suburbs
When my son was born with special needs in 2009, I had no idea how challenging it would be to find the resources and support to navigate his diagnosis. Thankfully, in the years since, the proliferation of innovation and technology has drastically changed this reality. Even as the rates of developmental disabilities for young people […]
Column: As holiday feasts begin, remember those who go to bed hungry
While Halloween begins a season of feast holidays, and Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Super Saturday, many will go to bed hungry.