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How Christmas traditions help spark holiday spirit

It has seemed a little tougher to muster up the holiday spirit this year. Reflecting on Christmas traditions and seasonal events may help to get us in the right frame of mind.

Northern Illinois Food Bank president and CEO Julie Yurko has been named Food Bank Leader of the Year by a national trade publication.

Northern Illinois Food Bank CEO named food bank leader of the year by national publication

The president and CEO of Northern Illinois Food Bank has been named 2025 Food Bank Leader of the Year by a national trade publication.

Trump announces lower drug price deals with 9 pharmaceutical companies

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that nine drugmakers have agreed to lower the cost of their prescription drugs in the U.S. Pharmaceutical companies Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, GSK, Merck, Novartis and Sanofi will now rein in Medicaid drug prices to match what they charged in other developed countries.

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Book by Daily Herald’s Jim Slusher wins Chicago Writers Association award

The Chicago Writers Association Wednesday named Jim Slusher’s collection of Daily Herald columns, “To Nudge the World,” as the Indie Nonfiction Book of the Year for 2025.

Artist Anastasia Sitnikov was the Indian Trails Public Library’s first maker-in-residence in 2023. She created a macrame sculpture in the Wheeling library’s Launch Pad space.

Wheeling library seeking next maker-in-residence

Suburban painters, crafters and other artists who want to show off their skills can apply for the 2026 maker-in-residence program at Wheeling’s Indian Trails Public Library.

Quest to slow aging leads scientists into the powerhouse of cells

Scientists at Texas A and M University have discovered a way to recharge aging and damaged cells, an innovation that could lead to better treatment for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease, muscular dystrophy and fatty liver disease.

Bishop Ronald Hicks, right, at a Mass celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV in May at Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet. Reports indicate Leo will soon tap Hicks to lead the archdiocese of New York.

Reports: Pope to name Joliet bishop next archbishop of New York

Bishop Ron Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet, appears to be poised to be named the next archbishop of New York.