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Why Young Workers Should Care About Social Security

Summer will be here before we know it. That means millions of high school and college students will be searching for jobs. Whether a new … Read more ›

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White Coat Ceremony Inducts High School Students into Northwestern Medicine® Scholars Program

There are many characteristics that symbolize a physician, but no tangible item distinguishes a doctor more than their white coat. On Tuesday, May 8, six … Read more ›

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All About Disability

Disability is something most people do not like to think about. But if you’re not able to work because you have a medical condition that … Read more ›

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Earth Day or Any Day, Save a Tree by Going Online

April 22 is Earth Day. More than one billion people will celebrate Earth Day in one way or another. You could plant a tree, and … Read more ›

Nanci Garoon Leigner, left, with her friend, Michele Snyder. Leigner was named TribLocal Hero. (Submitted photo)

Foundation aims to prevent teen deaths from sudden cardiac arrest

Jenny Snyder, who would have celebrated her 21st birthday this month, died four years ago on a Glenview soccer field from sudden cardiac arrest. The … Read more ›

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Feeling Charitable? And Hungry?

Alpha Phi Lake County Alumnae and Egg Harbor Cafe, Libertyville have teamed up to raise funds for cardiac care education and research. Heart disease is … Read more ›

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Our Egg Hunt For You

Eggs have long been a symbol of new life in the spring. In America, the Easter egg hunt finds its roots in the 1700s when … Read more ›

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Deerfield Tire Co. earns prestigious 5 star rating

Deerfield Tire Co. has been nominated and approved as a Bridgestone 5 star certified performance retailer effective February 24 2012. Through Deerfield Tire Companies continued … Read more ›

Torrie Flink has been executive director of the ZCener fore more than 25 years. (Sheryl DeVore/Tribune)

ZCenter in Gurnee will change guard, but focus remains the same

Each day, staff and volunteers at the Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center in Gurnee face disheartening truths: 1 in 3 females and 1 in 5 males … Read more ›

From left to right, Melanie Toth, Luke Toth, Rowan Shirley, Jenny Shirley and Aaron Shirley  enjoy some family time at the Shirleys' home in Westmont. Jenny and Melanie helped found Mended Little Hearts of Lutheran General Children's Hospital. (Sheryl DeVore/Tribune)

‘Mended Little Hearts’ aims to help parents and their children with heart defects

Melanie and Ben Toth’s 9-month-old son had just gone through open heart surgery when Jenny and Aaron Shirley’s son,  just 10 days old, was being … Read more ›