Staff Sgt. Jasmin Kruse came home from her post at Fort Eustis in Virginia to surprise her daughter Zoey Robinson.

Shoppers converged on Grace Lutheran Church in Libertyville August 8 for the opening day of the Aimee Rick Memorial Rummage Sale.

Members of the Hawthorne Elementary South Band performed a spring concert at Hawthorn Mall May 24 for family members and passers by.

Kindergarten students at Hawthorn Elementary South School in Vernon Hills on Feb. 7 made blankets that will be donated to sick or needy children through Project Linus.