Ted Slowik –

Column: Farewell, Southland. I did my best to show citizens how to hold elected officials accountable.

June 18, 2023 at 2:24 p.m.

This is my final column for the Daily Southtown after seven and a half years and more than 1,400 columns. I greatly appreciate the opportunity to join the newspaper staff...

Daily Southtown columnist Ted Slowik with his children, Hannah and Noah, in Burlington, Vermont, in May 2023.

Column: Forget email and text messages. Here’s why I print and mail letters to my children every month.

March 12, 2024 at 12:02 p.m.

Every month I type, print and mail letters to my to adult children. It would be easier to send via email. But this father wants his children to have a...

Former President Donald Trump gestures after speaking June 13, 2023, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., after pleading not guilty in a Miami courtroom earlier in the day to dozens of felony counts that he hoarded classified documents and refused government demands to give them back.

Column: Media coverage of reaction to Trump indictment shows America faces a political reckoning

June 14, 2023 at 2:43 p.m.

No one knows how the criminal prosecution of Donald Trump will play out in coming months, though it's safe to say the 2024 presidential election will be unlike any other...

Mario Longoni of the Field Museum speaks during a dedication ceremony for the "Prairie Boat" art installation June 10, 2023, at Beaubien Woods Forest Preserve in Chicago.

Column: Beaubien Woods’ new ‘Prairie Boat’ offers place to gather and celebrate Calumet region heritage

March 12, 2024 at 12:03 p.m.

People in the Southland can enjoy a new gathering space to celebrate art, nature and history. About 100 residents, environmentalists, historians, artists and others dedicated the "Prairie Boat" installation Saturday...

Workers and volunteers load items into a car Tuesday at a Rich Township food pantry in Richton Park.

Column: Rich Township food pantry braces for increased demand in wake of cuts to SNAP benefits

June 9, 2023 at 1:45 p.m.

Rich Township officials are bracing for potential increased demand at a food pantry that helps feed people in need. Corporations, small businesses, faith communities and individuals can help by donating...

State Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin, D-Matteson, discusses the state budget Monday during a forum at South Suburban College.

Column: Third airport would create jobs needed to grow Southland economy and tax base, panelists say

June 8, 2023 at 1:48 p.m.

Many trace the Southland's decline back to when steel mills, large factories and other major employers began closing more than 50 years ago. Until then, the south suburbs seemed like...

Thornton Township Assessor Cassandra Elston shows visitors Wednesda her key no longer works in the door to her former office at the Township Hall.

Column: Someone locked the Thornton Township assessor out of her office. Did a political rival exact revenge?

June 7, 2023 at 2:47 p.m.

Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard is facing fresh criticism as township Assessor Cassandra Elston tries to understand why she was locked out of her office. Elston showed reporters Wednesday how...

Drag artist Ginger Ambrosia interacts with children Sunday while performing at Blue Island Beer Co.

Column: Families flock to Blue Island drag show. ‘This is what happens when you support your queer child.’

June 6, 2023 at 12:40 p.m.

Families with young children were among visitors from throughout the region who gathered Sunday in Blue Island to enjoy a drag show performance during an outdoor market. "It's normal life,...

Rich Township High School field house at its Fine Arts and Communications Campus in Richton Park. (Ted Slowik/Daily Southtown)

Column: Someone in Rich Township District 227 must account for failure to catch mistakes on 600 ‘gradutate’ stoles

June 2, 2023 at 2:33 p.m.

People can learn many lessons from a recent debacle involving graduation stoles containing spelling errors that were distributed to families in Matteson-based Rich Township High School District 227. The stoles,...

Mayor Tiffany Henyard enters a Dolton Village Board meeting March 6, 2023, dressed as the drug kingpin Nino Brown from the 1991 film, "New Jack City."

Column: Report on Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard shocks viewers, prompts calls for criminal investigations

June 1, 2023 at 5:28 p.m.

A televised report about Dolton Mayor and Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard's conduct has sent shock waves throughout the state and prompted fresh calls for authorities to investigate village and...

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