Rob Earnshaw

Veteran Wanisha Gail Joseph speaks on May 2, 2019, as she is presented with a rehabilitated home as part of North Township's Victory for Veterans initiative.

Township’s Victory for Veterans program welcomes ex-Marine to rehabbed East Chicago home

May 13, 2019 at 12:11 p.m.

A Marine veteran is moving into North Township's first-ever home rehabbed and furnished with Region veterans in mind. On a rainy Thursday that home in East Chicago's Narva Place neighborhood...

Han Burgers and Darth Vader Taters highlight ‘Star Wars’-themed event at Richards High School

May 22, 2019 at 5:19 a.m.

The Force is with this year's Arts Extravaganza at Richards High School in Oak Lawn. Hosted by The Friends of Community High School District 218 Education Foundation, the 10th annual...

‘Last Kids on Earth’ author will talk zombies and upcoming Netflix show at Barnes & Noble in Orland Park

May 22, 2019 at 5:18 a.m.

People may find the work of Max Brallier incredible, strange and scary. And that is exactly how the author of the New York Times bestselling series "The Last Kids on...

Hip-hop brothers bring adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Gentlemen of Verona’ to Beverly Arts Center

May 22, 2019 at 5:18 a.m.

Two brothers raised on Chicago's northwest side who became award-winning, internationally acclaimed theater artists are bringing their new hip-hop adaption of Shakespeare's "Two Gentlemen of Verona" to the Beverly Arts...

Cramped cellblocks, narrow spiral staircase among scenes brought to life in photo exhibit of Joliet prison

May 22, 2019 at 5:18 a.m.

Haunting, stoic, claustrophobic. Those are just some of the descriptive terms that come to mind when perusing Barbara Eberhard's photo exhibit, "Behind the Prison Walls." Through it, Eberhard is hoping...

Christal Luster is among the artists who will perform Friday at the debut of open mic night at St. Paul Community Church in Homewood.

Homewood church kicks off open mic nights as way to ‘create a vibe of having arts and music and worship’

May 22, 2019 at 5:18 a.m.

Seven months ago St. Paul Community Church in Homewood opened up its building for visual artists. Now the church's basement has been transformed into a music venue. The Basement Listening...

The Crown Point Bulldogs Hockey Club volunteered did their part in Saturday's spring cleaning of the historic Lake County Courthouse

Volunteers help get Historic Lake County Courthouse ready for spring

May 13, 2019 at 12:10 p.m.

The historic Lake County Courthouse in downtown Crown Point was the recipient of a spring cleaning on Saturday thanks to about 50 volunteers including the Crown Point Bulldogs Hockey Club....

Trial for ex-councilman charged with murder of Hobart attorney moved to August

May 13, 2019 at 12:08 p.m.

The trial for a former member of the Cedar Lake Town Council charged with the murder of his longtime attorney last summer was pushed to August. William Landske, 84, has...

The Dancing Noodles will celebrate 35th anniversary at Beverly show

May 22, 2019 at 5:16 a.m.

More than three decades after performing their first gig at a club in Chicago Heights, one of Chicagoland's top drawing bands is celebrating its 35th anniversary with a special show...

Winfield Town Marshal Dan Ball with one of the new trauma kits that will be placed in every squad car.

Gated community, Winfield reach agreement on police

May 13, 2019 at 12:08 p.m.

A plan is in place to give Winfield police officers more enforcement powers in the town's Doubletree Lake Estates gated community. The roads there are private and officers can't write...

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