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Residents protest three solar farm projects Oct. 15, 2026, at the Will County Board meeting in Joliet. (Michelle Mullins/for the Daily Southtown)

Will County Board rejects solar farm near Monee, approves one near Manhattan while lamenting lack of local control

By Michelle Mullins

October 15, 2026 at 3:53 p.m.

The Will County Board rejects a solar energy project in Green Garden Township and approves...

Scott Saef, an attorney representing Commonwealth Edison's substation improvement project, speaks to the Homer Glen Village Board Oct. 14, 2026. (Michelle Mullins/for the Daily Southtown)

Homer Glen OKs ComEd substation, adds beautification requirements

By Michelle Mullins

October 15, 2026 at 9:49 a.m.

The Homer Glen Village Board voted 4-2 Wednesday to approve Commonwealth Edison's plan to modernize...

The statue of late pope St. John Paul II, center, is pictured at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo resumes working in hospital as doctors say lung recovered from surgery

By Nicole Winfield

October 15, 2026 at 9:57 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV’s lung has recovered well from surgery to remove a cancerous nodule, and...

Longtime Monee Democrat William ‘Billy’ Morgan tapped to lead Will County party

By Michelle Mullins

December 8, 2025 at 1:38 p.m.

Billy Morgan, a graduate of Crete-Monee High School and elected Democrat was chosen to lead...

Nick Lubovich, executive director and founder of the Pullman Tech Workshop, and special projects manager Tamika Powell showcase ongoing work at the workshop, which is housed in the former Argus Brewery along Front Street near Chicago's Pullman neighborhood. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Housed in an old stable, Pullman Tech Workshop works to bring stability to area housing stock, residents

By Janice Neumann

December 7, 2025 at 5:02 a.m.

Housed in an old stable, Pullman Tech Workshop works to bring stability to area's historic...

Abby Houck and Jose Munoz say a leaking roof has led to flooding in their apartment at Park Forest's Autumn Ridge complex. (Jose Munoz)

Some tenants without heat in embattled Autumn Ridge Apartments in Park Forest

By Olivia Stevens

December 5, 2025 at 4:24 p.m.

Autumn Ridge tenants spoke out about building issues for months, and the owners owe Park...

Ricardo Castillo, Eduardo Bravo and Justin Ocegueda (not pictured) serenade their friend and fellow musician, Jair Ortega, at his visitation Dec. 4, 2025. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Harvey family grieves 19-year-old musician Jair Ortega after fatal crash with train in Blue Island

By Addison Wright

December 5, 2025 at 4:34 p.m.

More than 100 people gathered at Blue Island's Hope Center to grieve Jair Ortega, 19,...

Harvey Ald. Colby Chapman and Glynis James-Watson look through a spreadsheet of city expenditures Thursday at Colby's 2nd Ward headquarters. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

Harvey residents and officials try to piece together city finances in midst of fiscal crisis

By Evy Lewis

December 5, 2025 at 10:23 a.m.

Harvey Treasurer Aisha Pickett said she has not been provided the necessary information to understand...

Members of the Cook County Board of Review, Commissioners Larry Rogers Jr., speaks as George Cardenas leans over to listen to Chief Deputy Commissioner William O’Shields during an announcement of reopening previously closed townships for property tax appeals at the Cook County Board of Review offices in Chicago, Dec. 4, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Cook County property taxpayers get another shot at appeals
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By A.D. Quig

December 4, 2025 at 5:14 p.m.

Citing this year’s record property tax hikes, the Cook County Board of Review is giving...

Arab American Action Network Organizing Director Muhammad Sankari is escorted out of the Oak Lawn Police and Fire Commission meeting after demanding accountability for the three police officers involved in the beating of a teenager in 2022. (Troy Stolt for Daily Southtown)

Arab American activists to continue protest after Oak Lawn settlement of lawsuit accusing cop of beating teen

By Olivia Stevens

December 5, 2025 at 10:34 a.m.

Members of the Arab American Action Network claim vindication after Oak Lawn settled a lawsuit...

Will County Board Republican Leader Jim Richmond, of Mokena, Speaker Joe VanDuyne, (D-Wilmington), and Democratic Leader Sherry Williams, of Crest Hill, make statements at the end of a Thursday's speical meeting. (Michelle Mullins/for the Daily Southtown)

Will County Board taps reserves to cover $2.77 million deficit

By Michelle Mullins

December 4, 2025 at 3:12 p.m.

Will County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant said by using reserves, Republican members showed there are no...

Orland Park Mayor Jim Dodge speaks during an Orland Park Village Board meeting Dec. 1, 2025. (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

Orland Park $236 million budget calls for 18 new hires

By Olivia Stevens

December 4, 2025 at 2:31 p.m.

Orland Park's $236 million includes hiring 18 new full-time village employees Mayor Jim Dodge says...

Park Forest police Officer Timothy Jones, shot in the line of duty in March 2016, on his release from Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital in Wheaton May 26, 2017. (Zak Koeske/Daily Southtown)

Park Forest police Officer Tim Jones dies nearly a decade after shooting

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By Jerry Shnay

December 4, 2025 at 8:31 p.m.

Tim Jones, a Park Forest police officer, son of the Country Club Hills Chief William...