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With her heart transplant on pause, Glenwood woman and her family spend pandemic advocating for organ donation

June 8, 2020 at 8:00 p.m.

Kimberly Giles, 34, has been living a full life with half a heart. Giles was born with a congenital heart defect that left her with two heart chambers instead of...

Bremen teacher teams with police to distribute sidewalk chalk to area children

May 13, 2020 at 5:13 p.m.

Chalk it up to perfect timing. When Bremen School District 228 special education teacher Andrea Ignelzi needed help with a club project at about the same time the Midlothian Police...

Will County Forest Preserves offers virtual outdoor experiences

May 5, 2020 at 5:36 p.m.

During temperamental spring weather when kids are not only on a state mandated lockdown but may also be confined to the indoors, the Will County Forest Preserve District has a...

More than just a place to pick up some needed food, MicroPantries offer a chance to ease panic buyer’s remorse ‘without judgement’

March 26, 2020 at 6:47 p.m.

Little things can mean a lot. When Joliet businessman Jeff Eberhard created his MicroPantries project in 2016 as a source of food and basic daily necessities for those in need....

Mystical Arts of Tibet show wraps up week of events with Tibetan monks at Moraine Valley

March 13, 2020 at 6:57 p.m.

Editor's note: All events at Moraine Valley Community College have been canceled as of March 12. Welcome spring at a musical performance promoting world healing March 21 at Moraine Valley...

Mariachi Herencia de Mexico will perform an evening of authentic mariachi music Feb. 8 at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills.

Mariachi Herencia de Mexico to perform at Moraine Valley Community College

January 15, 2020 at 8:08 p.m.

Whether it's a first time experience or part of your musical heritage, the Feb. 8 performance of Mariachi Herencia de Mexico, an evening of authentic mariachi music at Moraine Valley...

Original MVCC production goes on the road as only play from community college at Kennedy Center theater festival

January 14, 2020 at 6:31 p.m.

A group of students and faculty at Moraine Valley Community College had to forgo the bulk of their winter break in December and January, but they didn't mind. There were...

Tap your creative side with a winter art class at The Center

January 2, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.

New Year's resolutions that include trying something new, meeting new people or getting out of the house this winter are ready to be fulfilled at The Center in Palos Park....

A child’s wish for Christmas decorations blows up in Frankfort

December 17, 2019 at 8:20 p.m.

Frankfort resident Dominic Steinhauser, 11, expected one new inflatable holiday decoration in 2018 to add to a dozen others staked in the family yard for Christmas. All he had to...

Southland churches ‘uniquely qualified to make a difference’ on front lines of fight against addictions

December 6, 2019 at 10:25 p.m.

As an unprecedented number of people in the Chicago area struggle with drug addiction and its consequences, local churches have been quietly offering hope to those looking for recovery without...

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