Credit Rico Alvarado

More than 250 neighbors gathered on Sproat Avenue awaiting the homecoming of a favorite son last Sunday. Looking dashing in his Marine uniform, LCpl. Joseph Harr, a 2010 graduate of ...

Credit Lorraine Swanson

'Be Wary' Oak Lawn Trustee Tom Duhig is one of the quieter village board members sitting on the dais. When he does chime in, he delivery is droll. After sitting through a four-hour p...

Credit Dan Lambert

Army Staff Sgt. Luis Aponte Fontanez married Diana Cornejo four years ago. Between them they have seven children. Luis had already served one tour of duty in Iraq. Last fall he recei...

Credit Lorraine Swanson

‘Half-Marathon Man’ Michael Blaha, part-time religion teacher at St. Gerald’s Catholic Church, woke up one morning 20 years and decided to start running. He soon discovered that he h...