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Justin Ortiz, of consulting firm Gewalt Hamilton Associates, shows Cindy Pender, of Oak Lawn, Oak Lawn's Southwest Highway Corridor Plan Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the village's Farmers Market.

Oak Lawn, a ‘car-centric’ village, eyes improving pedestrian experience along Southwest Highway

October 13, 2020 at 2:13 p.m.

Oak Lawn's official, incorporated history dates back to 1909, but what we know of the village of roughly 56,000 today took shape following World War II. The village's borders expanded...

Daniel Rosado, of Blue Island, sands a piece of wood during the bed build.

Oak Forest charity, Palos Heights salon team up to build beds for children in need

October 12, 2020 at 1:53 p.m.

There are many reasons a child can end up without a bed on which to sleep at the end of the night. Families are victimized by fire or flood. Some...

Birds beware: Two towns move to scarecrow contests for crafty fall fun

October 6, 2020 at 1:52 p.m.

With COVID-19 still spreading rapidly this fall, many families have more than scary movies and costume choices to worry about this Halloween season. Groups moving door-to-door, candy collection and interactions...

Family with Southland ties continues to search for answers in 2018 murder of parents in Florida

October 6, 2020 at 2:38 p.m.

More than two years after former Homewood resident David Swan and his wife were found shot to death, his children are searching for clues that could help explain why someone...

Ray Cortopassi, one of Southland’s very own, returns home to nightly anchor role on WGN-TV

October 6, 2020 at 9:34 a.m.

When Ray Cortopassi went on the air Monday as co-anchor of WGN's Evening News, for many of those watching he may simply be a new face alongside co-anchor Micah Materre....

Gardening goes online with lecture series in Oak Lawn

October 2, 2020 at 2:36 p.m.

Certain jobs require that people get their hands a little dirty to do them right. And when it comes to gardening, that idiom can be taken literally. But adapting as...

The coat of arms of the Most Rev. Ronald Hicks was featured on the cover of a program for his installation Mass.

Diocese of Joliet’s newly installed Bishop Ronald Hicks has history in the Southland

September 29, 2020 at 5:13 p.m.

Bishop Ronald A. Hicks, a longtime member of the Roman Catholic clergy, recalled the day the Most Rev. Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, called to give...

Pat Cooper, a resident of University Park's Thornwood House Apartments, said she is still without water from her taps she considers drinkable. University Park Mayor Joseph Roudez opened his remarks at a weekend town hall with comments directed toward his village's continuing issues with contaminated water, saying he wanted them fixed and would not make deals with provider Aqua Illinois.

University Park mayor: Contaminated water problem would be fixed if it were in ‘an affluent, white suburb’

September 29, 2020 at 8:44 a.m.

With 1,500 University Park customers still threatened by potentially high lead levels in their water, local officials demanded action this weekend, saying the problem would have been resolved if it...

Orland Park writer’s ‘guidebook’ revisits the birth of the craft brew movement as it was in 1995 in the Midwest

September 26, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Today, thousands of breweries populate the Midwestern states. Many people do not even need to leave their hometowns to sample from the taps of a craft brewer. But in the...

The Flossmoor Public Library eliminated fines for overdue materials earlier this year, a move library Director Jamie Paicely said "was met with a great amount of joy. I would say it brought some people back to the library."

Overdue move: Southland libraries catching on to fine-free movement, removing barriers to low-income residents

September 22, 2020 at 7:11 a.m.

Meaningful change does not always make sense to everyone at first glance — especially when it means breaking from long-held traditions. Take Midlothian Public Library's recent decision to eliminate late...

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