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Ukrainian Village

Teacher earns award with recycling project

Dayna Darby says she would have been happy if her first-graders made art with recycled trash. Instead, she became the cheerleader for a small revolution.

over 2 years ago | Adrian G. Uribarri

"This is the way every election should be"

Phyliss Zaparaniuk has been an election judge in the Ukranian Village for at least eight years, and it's clear to her that today's voting was unlike anything she'd seen before.

almost 3 years ago | Geoff Dougherty

Where the urban caballeros shop

For 36 years, three generations of the Alacala family have been building a family-owned clothing store into a Chicago fixture - a western wear store with something for every caballero.

3 years ago | E. Rose Kasinecz

Thousands turn out for a fresh start

A fourth annual expungement summit hosted by Clerk of Court Dorothy Brown draws over 2,000 people looking for help in overcoming criminal convictions or arrest records.

over 3 years ago | Maria Alcantara

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