F. Amanda Tugade

Best-selling children's book author Eric Litwin visits Scott Elementary School March 1 to sing, dance and encourage students to read.

Author Eric Litwin brings song, dance and books to District 83

May 11, 2019 at 4:35 a.m.

Early Tuesday morning, children's book author Eric Litwin asked Scott Elementary School's students to sit up straight, put their hands in their laps, lean forward and pretend they were actively...

West Leyden High School Dean of Students Rick Mason (back right) partners with junior Jesus Alba (front) for the Shadow a Student Challenge, a weeklong event held from Feb. 29 to March 5. The event aims to help administrators create change in the classrooms for students.

Leyden leaders get ‘exhausting’ look at students’ life

May 11, 2019 at 4:35 a.m.

East Leyden High School's Assistant Principal Karen Ritter seemed a little nervous as she entered the gym packed with chatty, noisy students. The bell had just rung, and class was...

Ridgewood High School soccer coaches (from left to right) Jan Wieczorek, Kenneth Caslin and Richard Schreiber work together to complete the bicycle challenge of the Buddy's Helpers Challenge Day March 6.

High schoolers build 100 bikes for kids at charity competition

May 9, 2019 at 6:38 p.m.

More than 300 high school soccer coaches, athletic directors and staff members packed into a space on Chicago's Northwest Side early Sunday morning, hunched over of pieces of children's bikes....

A Pace bus stop on North Avenue near Wolf Road in Northlake Feb. 29.

Transit groups look at ways to remake North Avenue

May 11, 2019 at 4:35 a.m.

Northlake Mayor Jeffrey Sherwin says the biggest issue bus riders from the suburbs face is that "you still have a mile to walk to get to work" after getting off...

Students from West Leyden High School's Clay Club serve soup to friends, families and community members at Empty Bowls, a fundraising event that aims to show support for the Leyden Food Pantry and issues of hunger in the community, held on Feb. 25.

Hungry locals get help through West Leyden fundraiser

May 11, 2019 at 4:35 a.m.

For the last four years, Barbara Piltaver and her husband, John, have made a point of coming to West Leyden High School's annual Empty Bowls event. From a selection of...

Tala Hawi (left) and her mother Nasreen (right) pick out the perfect book to add to their growing collection during the book sale held on Feb. 27 at the Eisenhower Public Library District.

More book sales, more money for Eisenhower Public Library

May 9, 2019 at 6:38 p.m.

It's 10 minutes to 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon at Eisenhower Public Library District in Harwood Heights. A door to a small room in the back of library had just...

Mannheim Middle School eighth-graders (from left to right) Osbaldo Porrua, Sean Mitchell and Rogelio Carrera talk technique with children's book illustrator Oliver Dominguez.

Professional illustrator sketches art career possibilities for kids

May 11, 2019 at 4:35 a.m.

Behind Katherine Andrade's desk lie a few samples of colorful portraits on a long worktable from artist Oliver Dominguez's collection. Andrade, a Mannheim Middle School eighth-grader, turns around from her...

Leyden student’s vase heads to national competition

May 11, 2019 at 4:35 a.m.

Seventeen-year-old Lisett Vidales' 12-inch, animal-print ceramic vase is blanketed by layers of bubble wrap and carefully packed in a large box. Soon, it will be shipped off to Kansas City,...

Shining Smiles' dentist associate Dr. Yong Kim and owner Dr. Milad Nourahmadi are looking to the Grand Avenue Rebate Program to help renovate their building's front to draw more people into their office.

Grand Avenue businesses offered cash to clean up

May 11, 2019 at 4:35 a.m.

The Shining Smiles dentist office needs a face-lift, associate dentist Dr. Yong Kim says. Sitting on the corner of Grand Avenue and Calwagner Street, the "'70s-style" brick building is paired...

Author to share story of immigration, American Dream at Leyden

May 11, 2019 at 4:35 a.m.

California-based author Reyna Grande, whose memoir detailed her journey from Mexico to the United States, will share her story with students at East and West Leyden High School on Feb....

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