Melinda Moore

Melinda Moore is a freelance writer for the Chicago Tribune.

April 13, 2026 at 4:50 p.m.

News from the community includes items from Aurora, River Grove, River Forest, Willowbrook, Elmhurst, Hinsdale, Darien, Oak Park and more.

April 8, 2026 at 5:06 p.m.

News from around the Southland includes items from Tinley Park, Orland Park, Calumet City, Oak Lawn, Palos Heights, Pullman and more.

April 8, 2026 at 6:13 p.m.

The leader of a Park Forest church who had a cancerous part of his lung removed sang a hymn for his doctor at a follow-up appointment.

April 6, 2026 at 4:13 p.m.

News from the community includes items from Oak Park, River Forest, Hinsdale, River Grove, Elmhurst and more.

April 1, 2026 at 4:03 p.m.

News from around the Southland includes items from Orland Park, Beverly, Homewood, Park Forest, Tinley Park, Joliet and more.

March 30, 2026 at 5:11 p.m.

News from the community includes items from River Grove, La Grange, Elmhurst, Triton College, Darien and more.

March 26, 2026 at 11:37 a.m.

News from around the Southland includes items from Palos Heights, Calumet City, Orland Park, Glenwood, Lemont and more.

March 30, 2026 at 10:15 a.m.

An act of generosity by an Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra patron has inspired an Oak Forest family to pay it forward.

March 20, 2026 at 5:21 p.m.

News from the community includes items from Elmhurst University, Cook County forest preserves, Franklin Park, Westmont and more.

March 19, 2026 at 4:02 p.m.

Tammi Carlson has been playing and teaching the flute for nearly three decades at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills.

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