Rosia Mitchell, 38, of Chicago, died in an accident April 14 on the Dan Ryan. One week later, close to 300 people gathered at Brookwoood Junior High in Glenwood to honor the assistant principal.
The Lansing Knights of Columbus have been hosting special needs swimmers of various ages during weekly sessions for over five decades, helping lots of athletes to the Special Olympics podium in the process.
Swarms of children needed only minutes to grab up the 14,000 candy- and toy-filled eggs spread out in Frontier Park for the annual Great Easter Egg Hunt.
Seventh graders from Queen of Martyrs in Evergreen Park joined residents of Mercy Circle in Chicago to pack backpacks with goodies last week. The backpacks were to be distributed to children living in two homeless shelters in Chicago.