'King of Comedy' visits Shepard High

Steve Harvey serves as "Principal for a Day"

By Kristen Larsen

The only time comedian, radio host and television star Steve Harvey saw the principal’s office at...

WW II photographer at Oak Lawn Library

Photographer Henry van Westrop will share an extensive collection of images and personal experiences from World War II at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 23 at...

This week in THE REPORTER history

News and events from our archives

10 Years Ago
May 16, 1996

Worth Mayor Jim Bilder went to Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s (MWRD) Board of Commission meeting expecting...

Phantom Ball donations will help equip new science labs

In all three Palos Dist. 118 rebuilt schools

By Michael Gilbert

The Palos School District 118 Educational Foundation invites the community to participate in its inaugural Phantom...

A third bank robbed in Heights since March

By Michael Gilbert

A man wearing a red wig and a light-colored floppy hat walked out of a Palos Heights bank last Thursday with nearly $5,000...

Nursing schools partner to ease students’ transitions

By Kristen Larsen

St. Xavier working with Moraine Valley, Rush University and Joliet Jr. College

Saint Xavier University is partnering with three other institutions of higher learning...

Gardening a healthy hobby for kids

As people grow older, they sometimes lose sight of or interest in activities that they used to enjoy as a child. And then there are...

Ruth McGinnis: Through My Eyes

by Ruth McGinnis

Dreams: messengers in the night

Freud believed that a dream is a facade behind which its meaning lies hidden — maliciously hidden, withheld from...

Hickory wants variety in style of new homes

By Maura Vizza

Houses are being torn down more frequently in area towns because many lack buildable land. In Hickory Hills many houses that look nearly...

Trustees postpone vote on abatement

By Brett Rush

The Worth Village Board postponed voting Tuesday whether to abate this year’s property tax levy on the village’s municipal golf course.

Worth Mayor Edward...

Attempted murderer a free man

Stabbed woman 16 times in 1976

By Brett Rush

Oak Lawn resident Betty Leen’s nearly 30-year struggle to keep the man who tried to kill her daughter...

One Man's Opinion

Face the facts

By Brett Rush

The Worth Village Board on Tuesday postponed voting on whether to abate the annual tax levied to pay interest on the...

Man used nail gun in holdup, police say

By Kristen Larsen

A Chicago Ridge man has been charged in connection with the alleged April 22 armed robbery of a Hickory Hills convenience store.

Aish R....

Memorial Day 5K aims to get kids to outwalk obesity

By Kristen Larsen

To help get children off the couch and try to put a stop to child obesity, the Oak Lawn Park District and its...