At times, this flitting between gourd and ground devolves into a determined struggle as the small male bird tries to place a branch bigger than itself into the gourd. This year, the wren tried for days to place a long stick into that small opening.
While affecting family budgets, inflation also is driving up employers’ labor costs. That’s causing some employers to be slower to hire, but the need and demand for teen workers remains, Challenger said.
Park Forest developers named 18 streets for Illinoisans who were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, posthumously, in World War II.
Flora Coleman toured her new three-bedroom house accompanied by her 3-year-old daughter, Kennedy, and a houseful of well-wishers, including those who were part of the Habitat for Humanity core of workers who re-fashioned the once- abandoned house into something glistening with light and brimming with life.
Women on the South Side of Chicago and in the south suburbs are at a particular disadvantage in accessing care given the closure of hospital obstetrics units in recent years, including at Advocate South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest and Holy Cross Hospital on the South Side, they said.
So, this shoutout goes to Coach Underwood and the players for the excitement and enjoyment they provided us this season. After the final game, tearful sophomore Ty Rodgers (Thornton Township High School alum) spoke of the close bond between the players.
With interest rates no longer spiking, housing industry professionals in the south suburbs and others expect more buyers to enter what they say remains a sellers’ market as the spring home buying season gets underway.
Our bond was alphabetical: Miller, Messerich, McGrath. As high school sophomores at St. Joseph’s Franciscan Seminary in Westmont, we lined up together in class, sat in the same church pew and at the same cafeteria table, and slept in the same row of dormitory bunks.
There is an unwritten but permanent bond that links the police to a fallen comrade. It was on display as more than 200 police personnel of all ranks and departments lined the hospital halls in a silent tribute as Park Forest officer Timothy Jones was wheeled in.
Dr. Shelley Amuh, of Flossmoor, an obstetrician and gynecologist who founded The Puddle Project, a mentorship program for pregnant teens and teen parents, received the Cook County 2024 Peggy A. Montes Unsung Heroine Award for the Sixth District.