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Veterans Honored

Dressed in army fatigues with freshly shaven heads, a group of Elmhurst College students gather. Their dog tags dangle from their necks as they place their black, unloaded prop guns on a set of chairs darkened by the muted colors of the dimly lit stage.

Four veterans from World War II to Operation Desert Storm shared their experiences before a packed hall of the American Legion Walter E. Coulter, Jr. Post 1941 in La Grange.

With scales well in hand and a polished piece to play, a La Grange eighth-grader took her violin to the White House Nov. 4 for Michelle Obama's first Classical Music Student Workshop.

State Soccer Championships

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Last winter's trends for homeless persons at area shelters are expected to continue, but a new program is taking shape to help better their lives.

I remember well the excitement on Nov. 9, 1989, returning to the newsroom to another reporter's excited proclamation "East Germany has opened the Brandenburg Gate!"

Dozens of children, parents and residents donated more than 242 pounds of candy to the cash for candy event at Goers Dental Care in Clarendon Hills.

Brian Holgren sorted through the jumble of jagged green tile pieces during art class Friday at Park Junior High School in LaGrange Park.

They've all headed over to the newly opened Dips and Dogs, just a half block away, forming a line out the door of the tiny shop.