Jack Piros, a graduating senior at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, recently bested a field of 47 contestants at the National Political Science Bee in Virginia.
Eileen O'Neill, a graduating senior at Oak Lawn Community High School, won a top prize in the Alcohol/Drug Prevention Poster Contest sponsored by Illinois Churches in Action.
Longtime Oak Forest volunteer Laura Gray died at 62 in February. Less than two months later, Oak Forest officials dedicated the renamed Laura Gray Animal Control & Care Center.
Two women from Chicago Heights and Dolton will be lauded as Blood Services Heroes by the Red Cross after starting a program that trains young women to work as phlebotomists.