Pastries and persistence
John Koester arrives at work at 4:30 a.m., seven days a week. He unlocks the front door to his business, Hi-Way Bakery, in Chicago Heights, to let the stream of...
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Mokena teen’s music video debuts
In the basement of her parents' home in Mokena, 18-year-old Olivia Ray sits at a keyboard and croons the chorus of Sia's "I'm In Here." After one missed chord and...
Theatre & Arts Leadership Kouncil gives teens a voice
It was a sultry Saturday night in late August. As the sun set, the clicks and trills of insects competed with the suburban noise of traffic on Dixie Highway. And...
Dendrinos owner dies at 72
For nearly 50 years, Dendrinos Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge has welcomed patrons at 18300 Oak Park Ave. in Tinley Park, with owner Gerasimus "Jerry" Dendrinos there any day the place...
Southland shelters echo plea to end budget impasse
With October being National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger is imploring state officials to pass a budget so state payments to domestic violence shelters can resume, including...
Big fuss over small road
With apologies to Elton John, it's goodbye Brown Derby Road. After several months of contentious debate over its proposed closing, concrete barricades were installed about noon Friday on the L-shaped...
Medical student gets stint on Navy ship
Brittany Singleton, a Flossmoor native, was one of hundreds of Ross University School of Medicine students who recently took advantage of a unique hands-on opportunity. The school partnered with a...
‘Pillar’ of IPO reflects on 40 years with orchestra
Helen Silvia remembers when Maria Tallchief, a Native American who was one of the country's leading ballerinas from the 1940s to the '60s, brought her dance troupe to perform at...
A gala of Gaelic games in Oak Forest
The luck of the Irish will prevail no matter who wins this weekend at Gaelic Park in Oak Forest, where thousands of athletes from across the U.S. and beyond will...
Painting the preserves
On a recent sunny morning when the ground still was soaked from this summer's ubiquitous and defining rain, Sue Flanagan and Judy Goral set up easels in the grass at...