My grandparents are responsible for my love of travel. This visit to Antarctica felt the most meaningful of the trips they inspired.
Retracing the snowy footsteps of my ancestors, who traveled to Antarctica before it became commonplace
Category: Parenting and Family
Longtime friends hatch ‘Egg My Yard’ business in Hinsdale in time for Easter
Nazareth Academy grads Emma Francis and Caroline Kelly will spend Saturday night arranging Easter egg hunts on area lawns.
Heidi Stevens: For those of us hungry for hope, Sen. Cory Booker’s record-breaking speech offered a glimpse
Segregationist Strom Thurmond’s senate-speech record was broken by Booker, a man whose rights he fought to deny.
Semicolon bookstore will go on after community steps up to save the beloved institution
A fundraising campaign now aims to help owner Danielle Moore open a coffee shop that will boost business for the West Town space.
Heidi Stevens: Access is not a trophy the White House can hand out to its favorite reporters
You don’t have to be a journalist to demand answers from people in charge. But you do have to demand answers from people in charge to be a journalist.
At age 50, Pathlights expanding its mission to serve older adults
Formerly called PLOWS Council on Aging, the service agency now called Pathlights has expanded into two more south suburban townships.
Heidi Stevens: Banning DEI and race-based programs in schools chips away at the very mission of education
To be a sharper, deeper, more careful, more creative, more flexible thinker requires diversity — inside classrooms and all across campuses.
How one Chicago woman’s genealogical search led her to a potter’s field in Canada
Robin Moore initially had one purpose: learn more about the life of her grandfather Reginald Moore. She never expected that mission to take her to a grassy field in a remote part of Canada, where several of her ancestors are buried.
Heidi Stevens: ‘What a ride! I love you.’ They were married for 72 years and died a day apart, holding hands until the end
Marie and Kevin Mayer’s five children found a drawer full of love letters — mostly from their dad to their mom.
Couple who found love later in life had different journeys before their paths converged on the dance floor
Their mutual love for dance brought together Sanna Longden and Clint Seely. Now, their relationship is what keeps them both going strong.