While Earthlings were wrapping gifts and preparing holiday buffets this past Christmas Eve, a rocket named for a south suburban Chicago man was “touching” the sun. Traveling at “a blazing 430,000 miles per hour,” according to NASA, the Parker Solar Probe became the first spacecraft to reach the outer corona of the sun. If only its namesake, Eugene Parker, had lived to celebrate it.
Flossmoor resident and cancer survivor Ann Jackson launched the Center for Food Equity in Medicine at Flossmoor Community Church.
Columnist Jerry Shnay recalls when his son and daughter-in-law’s house burn in Park Forest, destroying belongings and memories.
It is better to hurt like hell because someone is gone than to never have known the joy that came from loving them.
Columnist Jerry Shnay looks to better things in 2025 with annual quotation by Eugene Pickett of the Unitarian Church of America.
It’s not ususual that the pressures of the world and life can suck away the positive feelings we want to be experiencing during the holidays. A little self-care and analysis can help a lot to counter the negativity and depression, two experts say.
A 15-year-old hiking bridge spanning the uneven banks of Thorn Creek was deemed “unsafe” because horizontal beams are splintering.
When the Trivial Pursuit game was brought out on Christmas Eve at columnist Donna Vickroy’s house, the family competition could be downright cutthroat.
Don’t let scammers rob you of joy and more this holiday season. That advice comes from law enforcement and other government officials who warn vultures have come up with a myriad of ways to defraud people online and offline and can be particularly active during the winter holiday season. “There are so many people who […]
Columnist Jerry Shnay asks for a grocery store, home for historical society and updated recreation center in Park Forest.