Gregory Tejeda

Children dressed in their First Communion best help lead a procession Sunday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Mokena.

‘It’s good to see a tradition survive’: Catholic procession in Mokena evokes Old World memories

June 24, 2019 at 6:47 p.m.

For Tony Adano, of Orland Park, a gathering after mass Sunday morning at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Mokena was reminiscent of his childhood in Sicily. Several hundred people participated...

Community High School District 218 board member Robert Stokas shows his property tax bill, which indicates the portion of his own tax bill paid to the high school district declined by about 9 percent.

School District 218 tax reduction officially hits the books

June 21, 2019 at 8:14 p.m.

Robert Stokas has often complained the Community High School District 218 school board hasn't done enough to hold down local property tax bills. So it was with a certain amount...

Tony Layman, of Oak Forest, brought his three children out to Monee Reservoir on Sunday for a Father's Day treat of early morning fishing.

Area dads spend Father’s Day in the time-honored pursuit of fish, with help of free worms

June 17, 2019 at 9:59 p.m.

There's no doubt some Father's Day gifts last weekend included cologne or a neck tie. But some lucky Southland dads received the gift of worms. It was the perfect gift...

Priest restored to East Lakeview parish post after being cleared of Midlothian-based misconduct allegations

June 16, 2019 at 9:01 p.m.

A Catholic priest who faced allegations of sexual impropriety tied to a Midlothian-based parish, where he was first assigned more than four decades ago, was cleared of any wrongdoing. Cardinal...

Fried green tomato sliders, accentuated with locally-grown produce, sit for sampling at the Big Daddy's BBQ table during the first Lake County Local Eats farmers market on Thursday, June 13, 2019.

Gary, East Chicago to benefit from series of mobile markets

June 14, 2019 at 7:04 p.m.

While the debut of a Gary farmers market consisted of a half-dozen tables, organizers were predicting growth. Officials who are organizing the event held Thursday in Gary and on Friday...

Gary Democratic mayoral candidate Jerome Prince

Prince wants public to tell him what they want in series of Gary forums

June 14, 2019 at 3:04 p.m.

Democrat Jerome Prince, who currently has no Republican standing between him and the Gary mayor's office in the November election, plans to spend the next few months listening to Gary...

Oak Forest Fire Chief Patrick Duffy tells Mayor Henry Kuspa and aldermen the details of a new agreement between area fire departments at a City Council meeting Tuesday.

New automatic aid deal will make Oak Forest area fire departments ‘a more efficient unit,’ officials say

June 14, 2019 at 10:50 a.m.

Oak Forest city officials approved a measure Tuesday that enables the city's fire department to assist and receive help from fire departments in surrounding municipalities. The new Automatic Aid Agreement...

The Rev. Michael Foley of Our Lady of the Woods parish gets some help dealing with the rain Sunday while offering a blessing for a house built by Catholic parishioners of seven congregations during a building event at St. George's Church in Tinley Park.

Cardinal, kids among 300 members of seven Southland churches who helped build home for family in need

June 13, 2019 at 7:36 p.m.

Some 300 plus people, ranging from Chicago Archdiocese Cardinal Blasé Cupich down to young children who had never before in their lives handled a hammer, spent some time last weekend...

Gary wants more information before vote on used car dealership plans

June 13, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

A used car dealership owner currently in unincorporated Lake County near Gary wants to relocate to the city, but Common Council officials weren't in any hurry Wednesday to approve the...

Financial adviser Curtis Whitaker advised Common Council members of how bleak the Gary city government's financial status would become if additional sources of income are not discovered.

Advisers: Deals could be difference between solvency and debt for Gary

June 13, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

Gary municipal government could finish 2019 some $42.5 million in debt, and see the red ink rise to $58.4 million by 2023 if significant actions to increase the city's income...

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