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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

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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...

A roundabout in New Lenox at Cedar Road and Haven Avenue opened Oct. 29, 2025, after more than a decade of discussions and planning. (Village of New Lenox)

Long-awaited New Lenox roundabout running smoothly, mayor says

By Addison Wright

December 1, 2025 at 4:05 p.m.

New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann said there have been no accidents at the roundabout where...

Homicides reported in Harvey, Ford Heights over Thanksgiving weekend

By Evy Lewis

December 1, 2025 at 3:39 p.m.

Reginald Hunt, a 34-year-old man whose address is unknown, was killed by multiple gunshot wounds...

A new lighted stop sign on 167th Street in Tinley Park Nov. 25, 2025. The sign was installed in November after residents reported concerns about speeding on the street. (Village of Tinley Park)

Tinley Park residents say speeding problem on 167th street has improved

By Addison Wright

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December 1, 2025 at 5:05 a.m.

Tinley Park resident Donna LePinske raised new signs and better enforcement has reduced speeding on...

School District 230 Superintendent Robert Nolting speaks at a board meeting on Aug. 28, 2025. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Orland District 230 finds ‘attendance matters’ campaign reducing chronic absenteeism

By Addison Wright

November 30, 2025 at 5:05 a.m.

Last year, about 19% of High School District 230 students at Sandburg, Andrew and Stagg,...

Tom Serratore gets his head shaved during a St. Baldrick’s event in 2007 at Andrew High School in Tinley Park. That fundraiser has led to nearly two decades of involvement with the charity which raises money for childhood cancer research. (Tom Serratore)

Almost 20 years after he was first shorn, Andrew grad Tom Serratore is helping lead St. Baldrick’s charge

By Jeff Vorva

November 29, 2025 at 5:09 a.m.

Andrew grad Tom Serratore was named to the board of directors of the St. Baldrick's...

Siblings Owen, John and Nora DuBois, of Orland Park, listen to "The Star-Spangled Banner’ in the cold before the Orland Park Turkey Trot Thursday morning. (Jeff Vorva/for the Daily Southtown)

Runners brace the weather in Orland Park’s cold Turkey Trot

By Jeff Vorva

November 28, 2025 at 10:53 a.m.

Oak Lawn’s Gavin Hampton took first place in Orland Park's Turkey Trot after winning the...

Dan Jarvis, art gallery coordinator at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, stands with paintings by Canadian artist Pamela Dodds for “Something I Want To Tell You,” an exhibit in the college’s Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery. The gallery is accepting applications for artists to display their work in 2026-27. (Melinda Moore/Daily Southtown)

Moraine Valley’s DeCaprio Art Gallery ramping up for 2026 season at ‘cultural gem right in our backyard’

By Melinda Moore

November 28, 2025 at 5:07 a.m.

Moraine Valley's DeCaprio Art Gallery is starting the process for setting its exhibitions for 2006,...

Graf on Oct. 21, outside Bradner, Ohio. (Step Up, Speak Out)

Chicago Heights priest nears end of two-month walk to New York for immigration justice

By Evy Lewis

November 27, 2025 at 5:05 a.m.

Two months after starting at Pope Leo XIV's Dolton childhood home, the Rev. Gary Graf...

Supervisor Napoleon Harris III attends a Thornton Township Board meeting July 22, 2025, in South Holland. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Napoleon Harris, Thornton Township supervisor and state senator, challenged in committeeman race

By Olivia Stevens

November 26, 2025 at 3:51 p.m.

Stephanie Wiedeman is challenging Napoleon Harris on the ballot for Democratic committeeperson in Thornton Township.

Will County government offices. (Daily Southtown file photo)

Electoral Board removes one Will County board candidate, other cases pending

By Michelle Mullins

November 26, 2025 at 3:34 p.m.

Tyler Giacalone, a District 1 candidate for Will County board, appeals removal from ballot; District...