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James Donnelly, of Homewood's Melody Mart, said business has been tough during the pandemic, but there is still a desire for in-person lessons, and pianos and ukuleles have been selling.

Homewood’s new two-day Small Business Saturday draws shoppers committed to supporting local merchants

November 29, 2020 at 11:43 a.m.

For more than a decade, the Homewood Business Association has been encouraging area residents to shop local and support small businesses the Saturday after Thanksgiving. But at the end of...

Project Fire Buddies, which helps sick kids, expands to Oak Lawn: ‘We’re going to be unstoppable’

November 25, 2020 at 2:38 p.m.

Ever since Kurt DeGroot and his fellow Oak Forest firefighters launched Project Fire Buddies roughly four years ago, they've been looking for the program to expand. They've seen the impact...

A Marine wanted a Southland beer at his reenlistment ceremony in Kentucky, so the brewers drove it there themselves

November 24, 2020 at 6:56 a.m.

What do a horse statue in Kentucky, a reenlisting Marine from St. Louis and a brewery in Crete have in common? They were all on the guest list for a...

Nobert Snow and Monee Mayor Jim Popp stand together Saturday in a silent protest against rising rents and more at Golf Vista Estates and other manufactured home communities across the state.

Owners of manufactured homes in the Southland call for rent control, hold ‘silent protest’

November 15, 2020 at 6:35 p.m.

The numbers and details vary, but the stories have a common thread: Manufactured homeowners in Chicago's Southland, many of whom are older adults on fixed incomes, are tired of rising...

Activist Raul Montes Jr. announces the reward Nov. 11, 2020, for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever killed Vanessa Ceja-Ramirez, 22, of Harvey, which was increased to $9,000. (Bill Jones/for the Daily Southtown)

Activists increase reward to $9,000 in ‘heinous and blatantly evil’ death of Harvey woman found in Midlothian forest preserve

November 11, 2020 at 7:01 p.m.

Activists are increasing the reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of whoever killed a 22-year-old Harvey woman and left her body in a forest preserve near...

Tinley Park volunteer lauded for ‘big commitments’ to police department, community

November 9, 2020 at 2:36 p.m.

When Tinley Park resident Gregory Serratore retired in 2016, he had no intention of simply sitting back and relaxing. He has always been involved in his community. When his children...

Dave Ward, superintendent of Coyote Run Golf Course and chairperson for the Chicago Southland Green Commission, chucks a pumpkin into the back of a flatbed truck.

Post-Halloween collections are a smashing success in Southland

November 8, 2020 at 12:00 p.m.

While Halloween may be all about haunting the town in creative costumes, the aftermath is typically a doorstep full of all-too-smashable pumpkins and a surplus of candy — both for...

Bill Ward has been donating platelets every other week for years, a process that takes roughly 90 minutes. Workers at Vitalant in Oak Lawn estimated it was his 350th donation Oct. 30.

Oak Lawn man marks 350th blood donation, which may be an underestimate

November 6, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

Since the late 1980s, William "Bill" Ward, of Oak Lawn, has been giving blood like clockwork. In fact, he began donating in 1987 right around the time Vitalant — then...

Kim Nolen, owner of Redbird Cafe in Homewood, turned her small diner into a local food market rather than reopening for inside dining over the summer, while still offering outdoor dining and takeout dining options.

With restrictions on indoor seating, Southland eateries are keeping doors open by getting creative

November 3, 2020 at 1:31 p.m.

Suburban Cook County restaurants that have relied on outdoor seating and fair summer weather as a reprieve from the challenges of 2020 are now facing double trouble. As the weather...

Chicago Bears outside linebacker Lance Briggs on the sideline after during a game Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013 at FedEx Field. Briggs is creating a graphic novel loosely based on his childhood with Homer Glen native Kyle Higgins.

Homer Glen native teaming up with ex-Bears linebacker Lance Briggs on sci-fi graphic novel

October 30, 2020 at 10:04 a.m.

Seven-time Pro Bowler Lance Briggs knows his life could have gone in a different direction. Despite 12 successful years as a linebacker for the Chicago Bears, Briggs might have been...

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