When Mason Meskimen was just 4, the Lincoln-Way East High School student was hospitalized and needed a blood transfusion. Keeping a young child calm and still during the hours-long procedure seemed nearly impossible, his mother, Heather Meskimen, recalled. Thankfully, she said the Child Life department at Advocate Children’s Hospital — which was called Hope Children’s […]
High school and local college results and highlights from the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County.
Jeanie Scherer, 81, of New Lenox, is convinced the Good Friday Cross Walk began 47 years ago, when her son Ralph carried the cross.
On Easter Sunday at Pilgrim Faith United Church of Christ in Oak Lawn, a decades-old tradition will be revived.
You never stop learning — or enjoying your life — thanks to your grandkids, columnist Donna Vickroy says.
Solar projects are TurningPoint Energy near La Grange and West Monee-Manhattan roads; Cenergy Power and ESP Solar on West Eagle Lake Road.
North Palos District 117 Board President Tom Kostes steps down, more than 50 years after starting as assistant superintendent.
Illinois Department of Public Health shows measles vaccination rates for schools in Homer Glen, Oak Lawn and Dolton below 91%.
An unidentified person found dead inside the Thornton Composite Reservoir fell to their death in an apparent suicide, an autopsy on Thursday showed. The body was discovered Wednesday morning inside the 300-ft-deep reservoir in the 17200 block of State Street in Thornton and later pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. Local authorities used a […]
The Will County Board voted 13-9 to increase pay the board and countywide elected officials after the 2026 and 2028 elections.