The Big Race is run here
by Kevin Smith
staff reporter
Runners had optimal conditions to endure the miles of the First Midwest Bank Southwest Half...
Nine swans a-swimming with mom
Nine new baby swans, or cygnets, came into the world on April 29 at Lake Katherine in Palos Heights. “Our swans had babies on Sunday — nine cygnets,” said Mary...
Capri plans Ms. Wheelchair benefit
Ristorante will also offer Ladies Night Out
by Kevin Smith
staff reporter
A fundraiser benefitting Ms. Wheelchair Illinois 2012 winner Kim Brown as she rolls on to compete nationally in Rhode Island...
Caroline's Fashion Chat
by Caroline Foreman
Fashion highlights high school prom
High school prom season has paraded through and left the floor covered in skid marks and glitter.
This evening holds great significance for wide-eyed youths...
Palos Chamber golf outing set for June 7
The Palos Area Chamber of Commerce annual scholarship golf outing will be held Thursday, June 7, at Water’s Edge Golf Course in Worth.
Moved up earlier in the summer calendar this...
This weekend with the pigs in Barn to be Wild fundraiser
A live webcast of The Children’s Farm pig pen will feature Program Director Lois Lauer living with the pigs for 27 hours this Saturday and Sunday as part of the...
Healthy Answers for Life
by Carolyn Johnson
Maintaining a healthy heart
Dear Carolyn:
I have an acquaintance who was only 42 who seemed to be in good health die suddenly of a heart attack recently. It’s really...
Teen heroin use
Parents’ job to act
by Laura Bollin
Recovering heroin addict David Lee grew up in Indiana, in a town he described as being much like Orland Park.
A self-described “insecure geeky kid,” he...
Orland heroin and the 1st Amendment
Dear Editor:
Orland Township Youth and Family Counseling sponsored a drug abuse symposium at Carl Sandburg High School Wednesday last week in reaction to a sharp rise in heroin-related arrests, drug...
See it - hear it - report it is not enough in Palos Park
Hardly a week goes by that a senior in Palos Park is not targeted by one or more con artists working in a group attempting to somehow separate him or...
