“Motivated, motivated! Downright motivated!” echoed throughout the parking lot near the North Gym at Lincoln-Way Central as flight groups from the JROTC drill camp spread the motivation, and at times, intimidation, to their competition...
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New travel column to focus on local getaways
5:00 am CDT August 16, 2018 Life & Arts, LivingIn the near future, 22nd Century Media — publisher of The Mokena Messenger — is set to launch a monthly travel column, keeping the local spirit of its newspapers in mind with a focus on day trips, weekend getaways and more for...
Forest preserve combines nature with technology
5:00 am CDT August 15, 2018 Life & Arts, LivingA repetitive bird call with the rhythmic pattern of a ping-pong ball dropping on the table echoed across the Hickory Creek Forest Preserve Sunday, Aug. 12, as the bird stayed perched in the cover of the brush.
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Locals capture beauty of forest preserve on hike
2:06 pm CDT August 6, 2018 Life & Arts, LivingA group of amateur photographers gathered Sunday, Aug. 5, around a native species of sunflower as they took photographs of a butterfly perched on one of the golden petals with its wings fanned out. Their guide, Suzy Lyttle of Mokena,...