4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (376+ words) Youngsters attending a basketball camp at Chicago Hope Academy picked up tips to improve their game, but also the knowledge that they are loved. More than 150 Chicago children with an incarcerated parent gathered Aug. 15 for a free Angel Tree basketball…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (646+ words) Kennedy Jachna is so excited at times to get to her physical therapy that she will bang on the door to gain entry. The Wheaton 3-year-old has Activity-Dependent Neuroprotective Protein syndrome, a rare genetic diagnosis that affects brain development. There…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (984+ words) Tracey Hartman said she’d finish high school some day, but that day never came. “I had numerous jobs. I was a salon manager. I always had good jobs and felt I was making good money,” Hartman said. “I thought, ‘Why…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (684+ words) Linda Budziak never imagined that a bike ride would change her life. Near the end of her ride in Indiana while visiting friends in 2023, it began to rain. Budziak lost control of her bike and crashed. The Lemont resident suffered…...