Rachel K. Hindery

Lilian and Luis Pacheco of Big Oaks, a neighborhood of Norwood Park, talk during the reception.

Bethany Baptist in Harwood Heights celebrates 40 years of ministry since its creation by a merger

November 25, 2019 at 4:33 p.m.

More than 150 people gathered across the generations at Bethany Baptist Church Sunday Nov. 24 in Harwood Heights to mark 40 years of ministry in the community, according to the...

Gringo and Blondie co-owners Giovanna Lollino, with clipboard, and Angelo Lollino, placing meat onto a grill, stand in the kitchen of their new Elmwood Park restaurant, which specializes in Mexican street food, while Executive Chef Roberto Nuñez prepares a marinade.

Gringo and Blondie restaurant opens, features Mexican street food

November 19, 2019 at 5:52 p.m.

Angelo and Giovanna Lollino, the team behind Elmwood Park's Massa Café Italiano, recently began serving up "traditional Mexican street food" at Gringo and Blondie, 7514 W. North Ave. on Elmwood...

The ensemble rehearses for Trinity High School's production of "Newsies," set in 1899's New York City.

Read all about it: Trinity to perform ‘Newsies’ musical

November 18, 2019 at 7:20 p.m.

Trinity High School's production of "Newsies," which will run Nov. 22 through Nov. 24, will unite the history of New York City's newsboys' strike of 1899 with timeless messages of...

Gretchen Vogt, from Claremore, Oklahoma, left, arrives to Navy Day on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, 2016 in Morton Grove hosted by the American Legion Morton Grove Post 134.

Morton Grove gears up to welcome Navy recruits for annual Thanksgiving Day bash

November 12, 2019 at 11:46 p.m.

On Nov. 28, Morton Grove American Legion Post 134 will continue a 13-year Thanksgiving Day tradition, welcoming 50 Navy recruits from Naval Station Great Lakes. "Many recruits are spending their...

Kiara Valenzuela serves on West Leyden High School's student council and in its marching band. She was chosen as 2019 Homecoming Queen.

Shout Out: Kiara Valenzuela, student council member and Homecoming queen

November 12, 2019 at 7:29 p.m.

Kiara Valenzuela, a West Leyden senior from Melrose Park, is actively involved in her school as a member of Leyden's marching band and student council. Valenzuela, 17, is West Leyden's...

Free health screenings offered in western suburbs

November 11, 2019 at 12:53 a.m.

Anyone, including those without health insurance, is welcome to receive a free health screening in the western suburbs on select dates at a CVS pharmacy event. Through CVS' Project Health...

Sutape Chantapim is a senior at West Leyden High School in Northlake.

Shout Out: High school senior Sutape Chantapim excels in academics, golf, being Homecoming King

November 5, 2019 at 5:56 p.m.

Sutape Chantapim, a West Leyden senior from Northlake, is excelling from his advanced placement classes to the golf course, while looking toward a future in biomedical engineering or a medical...

Virginia Brackett, a former Triton College professor, returned to the school to present her new book. In it, she traces the story of her father, who died in the Korean War when she was an infant.

Former Triton prof shares memories of war-hero dad in new book

November 5, 2019 at 3:30 a.m.

Virginia Brackett has authored 15 books and more than 100 stories, but describes her latest book, "In the Company of Patriots," as her most personal and emotional. Brackett, who holds...

Sophia Casella, 10, of Elmwood Park, places one of the "kindness rocks" she painted at Centennial Park. More than a dozen kids and adults painted 250 rocks, which were later distributed along 75th Court in Elmwood Park, between North Avenue and Fullerton Avenue.

Kids, families paint ‘kindness rocks’ and distribute them to homes

November 4, 2019 at 2:28 a.m.

Some Elmwood Park moms recently seized an opportunity to model kindness and civil behavior for their children. More than a dozen adults and kids gathered to paint and distribute 250...

At Elmwood Park High School, Elizabeth Goranson as Ti Moune and Zoe Rice as a young girl continue their stories in the school's production of "Once on This Island," taking place Nov. 1 through 3.

‘Once on this Island’ gets three times onstage at Elmwood Park High School

October 29, 2019 at 9:23 p.m.

This weekend, Elmwood Park High School is taking audiences to the Caribbean, into a world both like and unlike their own, in a production of "Once on This Island." "I...

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