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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

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

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

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

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...

Will County sheriff vehicle (Daily Southtown file photo)

Mokena area man charged with domestic battery after barricading in house

By Addison Wright

December 4, 2025 at 2:27 p.m.

Mokena area resident Kenneth Newbauer, 39, was charged with domestic battery after an altercation involving...

One Democratic Will County Board candidate removed from ballot, another reinstated

By Michelle Mullins

December 9, 2025 at 7:30 a.m.

Homer Glen resident Kevin Koukol listed the wrong Will County Board district on his statement...

Oak Lawn firefighter Alex Zwick, a former Moraine Valley Fire Academy student, instructs a high school student on how to make a forcible entry using a Humbler training prop as part of Fire Safety/First Responders Career Day at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills. (Glenn Carpenter/Moraine Valley Community College)

Around the Southland: Holiday entertainment, events on tap throughout the area

By Melinda Moore

December 4, 2025 at 5:06 a.m.

News from around the Southland includes items from Moraine Valley Community College, Metra, Homewood, Will...

Camera footage from Ring cameras in Blue Island show Daniel Davis the afternoon of Nov. 25, 2025. He went missing that day, and the footage was given to a volunteer search party by Blue Island residents. (Wendy Davis)

Search for missing man Daniel Davis narrows on Blue Island; family urges community to keep an eye out

By Addison Wright

December 3, 2025 at 3:18 p.m.

Daniel Davis was last seen Nov. 25 leaving 115 Bourbon Street in Merrionette Park and...

Flossmoor resident Tom Houlihan, center, jokes with his son Emmett Houlihan and wife, Patty Houlihan, during a gathering Nov. 15 along a walking path in Flossmoor where 100 pawpaw trees were planted in his honor. (Paul Eisenberg/Daily Southtown)

Tom Houlihan, co-founder of HF Chronicle and longtime Star columnist, remembered for life in community journalism

By Evy Lewis

December 3, 2025 at 2:11 p.m.

Tom Houlihan, a longtime Star columnist and one of the founders of the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle,...

Lansing Elementary District 158 staff members hold up civilian service awards presented by the Village Board on Dec. 2, 2025. (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

Lansing educators awarded for heroism during fiery vehicle crash

By Olivia Stevens

December 3, 2025 at 12:40 p.m.

Eight staff from Lester Crawl Primary Center in Lansing District 158 were honored for heroism...

Lincoln-Way West High School in New Lenox. (Daily Southtown)

Lincoln-Way West Turning Point USA affiliate approved by Student Council

By Evy Lewis

December 3, 2025 at 10:36 a.m.

The Lincoln-Way West Turning Point USA affliate generated controversy when supporters claimed its application was...

Neighbors listen to the Orland Park Village Board discuss plans to annex land east of Wolf Road from 171st Street to 175th Street Dec. 1, 2025. (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

Orland Park settles former police sergeant lawsuit, annexes homes
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By Olivia Stevens

December 2, 2025 at 3:12 p.m.

Orland Park residents east of Wolf Road between 171st and 175th Streets opposed annexation of...

Harvey Fire Department. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

‘Extremely dangerous for the citizens’: Harvey Fire Department staffing down to 40% after new layoffs

By Evy Lewis

December 2, 2025 at 1:28 p.m.

Harvey Firemens Association Local 471 said the department dropped from 37 to 15 staff since...