Lemont High School freshman Diana Vera ranks among the top 10 in the nation during the Le Grand Concours, an annual French competition.

Brian Pepich grew up learning the value and importance of volunteering through his parents.

Lemont resident Amy Beth Cresap has received the Phyllis Perrin Wilcox Endowment scholarship for her study in sign language at the University of New Mexico.

Lemont resident Laura Fairclough’s “Pink Chicks” will be taking their fifth annual walk for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer event next weekend.

The Lemont Park District Board Commission announced Brian Pepich will be appointed to the commission’s vacant seat on May 22.

Last year, Charmaine Balisalisa took one look at the Lemont High School’s newspaper, “Tom-Tom,”  and knew she wanted to add her personal designing pizzazz to improve its look.

Lemont resident David Schury was honored the “Energy for the Community Volunteer Award” from Exelon for his volunteer service and his creation of the Tragedy to Triumph Foundation.

If you haven’t been to Oklahoma recently, you probably haven’t heard Lemont’s new music sensation Conor Matthews on the radio.

As a child, Evan Ganzer hit the ground running.

Lemont High School senior Marjorie Dallmann was chosen as one of 10 students to be named to the 27th annual Chicago Tribune All-State Academic Team.

Lemont residents Brendan and Meaghan McGuire are raising money to fight cancer through their new Relay for Life team “Celtics for a Cure Junior”. The team consists of the McGuires and other Lemont teens.

Autumn Karmia loves being outdoors, so much so that she has dedicated much of her free time this year to volunteering in forest preserves. She also plans to major in environmental science in college.

A tradition of 46 years was put to a halt a decade ago, but thanks to Jen Pickering and Beth Burke, the catwalk is being dusted off.

Lemont resident and soon-to-be military wife Allison Carmen made her way onto the White House guest list Wednesday. And she wasn’t taking a tour of the president’s palace.

Growing up, Ali Tucker used to play “store” and always dreamed of one day owning a store with beautiful things.

Lemont resident and soon-to-be military wife Allison Carmen will be rushing to catch a plane to Washington D.C. after work today to be part of the one-year celebration of the national group “Joining Forces”.

Holly Duncan doesn’t see the hardships of being hearing impaired or living paycheck to paycheck as a roadblock but as a means to an end and one organization recently provided help to further achieve her goals.

Lemont resident Vida Kosmonas is hard at work keeping alive a more than 800-year-old art by etching eggs to celebrate the arrival of spring and the Easter holiday.

After years of playing minor league baseball, Chris Knollin decided to pursue his passion for fitness by opening Next Level Training Academy in Lemont.

On the one year anniversary of creating the “365 Things to do in Lemont, IL” Facebook page, creator Terri Theodore said she sees social networking as a gold mine to bring people into downtown.