Setbacks and hope as America’s oldest Black town fights for its survival
BROOKLYN, Ill. — The brick building at Madison and South 5th streets is still vacant, still boarded up, still tagged with faded gang graffiti. For the second time in as…
Nonprofit providing animal-assisted therapy wins grant for expansion in Frankfort
Katy Kleinschmidt says Coping Together’s animal assisted therapy not only helped her son Jack form deep relationships with his favorite animals, but improved his ability to connect with people as…
Landmarks: As Bloom High School marks 125 years, a new book celebrates ‘an art deco masterpiece’
There are a couple unusual elements to an otherwise typical classroom on the fourth floor of Bloom High School in Chicago Heights. One is the fancy iron gridwork outside the…