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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
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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...

Sky Johnston, assistant professor of history and manager of admissions partnerships at Trinity Christian College, moderates a panel of history professors and community organizers recently at the college in Palos Heights. The event was meant to help civic leaders get a sense of the past and for historians to find out more about community needs. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Trinity Christian College professors team with organizers to harness history to uplift communities

By Janice Neumann

November 26, 2025 at 2:16 p.m.

Trinity Christian College professors are teaming with organizers to harness history to help uplift communities.

Canaan Van Williams, managing partner at Proactive Sustainable Bonds, presents his request to purchase and rehabilitate the shuttered Forest View mobile home park at a Blue Island City Council meeting on Nov. 25, 2025. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Possible buyer for Blue Island mobile homes presents plan, city requests details

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By Addison Wright

November 26, 2025 at 12:28 p.m.

A potential buyer for Forest View Mobile Home Park in Blue Island presented his request,...

Volunteers load a car Tuesday at Suburban Access Outreach in Homewood, bound for Immanuel Lutheran Church in Richton Park. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

‘Meeting the need, whatever that need may be’: Southland comes together to feed 1,000 families

By Evy Lewis

November 26, 2025 at 11:45 a.m.

Suburban Access Outreach in Homewood distributed 1,000 turkeys to families in need through churches, school...

Lincoln-Way West High School (Daily Southtown file photo)

Students at Lincoln-Way West apply to form Club America, a Turning Point USA affiliate

By Evy Lewis

November 26, 2025 at 5:05 a.m.

Students at Lincoln-Way West High School in New Lenox submitted an application last week to...

Mercy Circle resident Sister Mary Sheehan, left, helps adjust fabric with help from Mother McAuley High School students Addie Kerin and Maeve Eammons after they filled mason jars with dry ingredients to bake cornbread. The jars and fresh ingredients were given to Pat’s Pantry patrons. (Marc Monaghan)

Around the Southland: Macs with Mercy team up on cornbread kits, Stagg principal honored, more

By Melinda Moore

November 25, 2025 at 3:56 p.m.

News from around the Southland includes items from Beverly, Palos Hills, Orland Park, Oak Lawn,...

Shatha Odeh, far left, and Sophia Black, far right, cosponsors of Spartan Sisterhood social club at Oak Lawn Community High School, gather with club members at the school after creating a display last year celebrating Women’s History Month. (Shatha Odeh)

Spartan Sisterhood at Oak Lawn Community High School offers ‘safe space’ for girls to learn and grow

By Melinda Moore

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November 25, 2025 at 1:58 p.m.

Spartan Sisterhood at Oak Lawn Community High School offers 'safe space' for girls to learn...

Former Dolton police Chief Lewis Lacey arrives for his arraignment on federal bankruptcy fraud charges at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Aug. 15, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Former Dolton police Chief Lewis Lacey, a Tiffany Henyard ally, enters plea in bankruptcy case

By Olivia Stevens

November 25, 2025 at 4:10 p.m.

Former Dolton police Chief Lewis Lacey pleaded guilty in the bankruptcy case alleging he lied...

Markham Mayor Roger A. Agpawa, left, at a City Council meeting Sept. 3, 2025 (James C. Svehla/for the Daily Southtown)

Markham sues Park District over alleged finance mismanagement

By Addison Wright

November 25, 2025 at 12:24 p.m.

Markham city officials alleges the Markham Park District has mismanaged its funds and violated a...

Oak Lawn police dashboard camera video of a July 2022 arrest of a Bridgeview teen that resulted in criminal charges against an officer. (Oak Lawn police)

Oak Lawn settles lawsuit accusing police officer of beating teen in July 2022

By Olivia Stevens

November 25, 2025 at 3:26 p.m.

Oak Lawn Mayor Terry Vorderer said insurance companies forced a $825,000 with a Bridgeview teen...

South Holland welcome sign (Daily Southtown)

Joliet woman fatally shot in South Holland; Bolingbrook man charged

By Evy Lewis

November 28, 2025 at 2:57 p.m.

A Bolingbrook man is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a Joliet...