Bloom Trail students to stage Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid Jr.’

STEGER | The student Trail Theatre Troupe of Bloom Trail High School will stage Disney’s "The Little Mermaid Jr.” in five shows March 21-23 in Neubauer Auditorium at Bloom Trail, Sauk Trail and Cottage Grove Avenue.

Crete Woman's Club begins scholarship application process

CRETE | The Crete Woman's Club will award $6,000 in scholarships this spring.

Bloom Trail NJROTC completes drill season with highest finish in school history

Celebrating their third-place finish at the Area Three West Drill Meet are students from the Bloom Trail High School Naval Junior ROTC unit. More than 60 JROTC units from Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska competed in the event. Pictured in the first row, from left, are Josh W…

Bloom Trail NJROTC completes drill season with highest finish in school history

STEGER | For the second consecutive season, the drill team from Bloom Trail High School completed their best season ever.

Bloom Twp holds off Stagg in Class 4A Thornton Sectional semifinal

HARVEY | When Stagg cut Bloom Township's lead to 37-34 with just over five minutes left in the game, it appeared as if the Class 4A Thornton Sectional semifinal was about to get interesting.

Bloom Trail Naval JROTC finishes 5th at Chicagoland Drill Championships

STEGER | On Feb. 9, in Arlington Heights, 22 drill teams from all over the Chicago area competed in the Chicagoland Drill Meet.

Bloom Trail choir, Navy Junior ROTC team up at soccer game

Bloom Trail High School senior Janae Allen sings for the crowd at a recent indoor soccer game at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill.

Bloom Trail choir, Navy Junior ROTC team up at soccer game

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. | Bloom Trail High School students performed the national anthem, color guard and halftime show at the Chicago Soul professional indoor soccer game against the Baltimore Blast on Jan. 18, the school announced.

Bloom Trail culinary arts students bake holiday pies

STEGER | Students in the advanced culinary arts class at Bloom Trail High School baked 90 holiday pies as a classroom learning experience.

Bloom Trail culinary arts students bake holiday pies

Bloom Trail senior Tim Perry places pies in the oven for baking.

Bloom Trail culinary arts students bake holiday pies

Bloom Trail High School students, from left, Leslie Walk, Destiny Ward and Leneta Howard, all seniors, prepare pie crusts.

Bloom Trail Navy JROTC cadets finish third in drill meet

Cadet Commander Melissa Churchill accepts the third place overall trophy from The Zion Benton superintendent of schools at the recent drill meet at Zion Benton Township High School in Zion, Ill.

Bloom Trail Navy JROTC cadets finish third in drill meet

Bloom Trail Cadet DajaNay Brown accepting the third place trophy for the Armed Exhibition Competition at Zion Bention Township High School's recent drill meet in Zion, Ill

Bloom Trail Navy JROTC cadets finish third in drill meet

STEGER | On Nov. 3, the Bloom Trail Blazer Navy Junior ROTC drill team finished third in their first drill meet of the season, which included 12 teams from various high schools throughout Illinois.

Bloom Trail to stage 'Legally Blonde The Musical'

STEGER | The student Trail Theatre Troupe of Bloom Trail High School will stage “Legally Blonde The Musical” in three 7 p.m. shows Nov. 15-17 in the Neubauer Auditorium at Bloom Trail, Sauk Trail and Cottage Grove Avenue.

Bloom Trail students clean up stretch of U.S. 30

SAUK VILLAGE | Motorists driving along U.S. 30 in Sauk Village may have noticed signs indicating that portion of the road, also known as Lincoln Highway, had been "adopted" by Bloom Trail students.

Bloom Trail NJROTC places fourth in fitness meet

STEGER | On Sept. 29 at Bloom Trail High School field house, 13 Junior ROTC from Illinois and Michigan representing three separate branches of the service competed in the annual fitness meet.

Bloom Trail Naval Junior ROTC volunteers at Steger Family Fest

Volunteering at the Steger Family Fest are, from left, Jesus Franco, Anthony Carson, Denise Zavala and Arianna Magana, all members of the Bloom Trail High School Naval Junior ROTC. The fest took place over the Labor Day weekend.

Bloom Trail Naval Junior ROTC volunteers at Steger Family Fest

STEGER | A total of 50 members of the Bloom Trail High School Naval Junior ROTC volunteered at the Steger Family Fest over the Labor Day weekend, said Cmdr. Timothy Crawford, senior naval science instructor at the Steger high school.

Bloom Trail Navy Junior ROTC volunteers at Manteno Veterans Home

MANTENO, Ill. | A total of 35 cadets from the Bloom Trail Navy Junior ROTC unit in Steger went to a recent veterans picnic at the home in Manteno, Ill..