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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...

Greta Keranen and Jeffery Regnier walk out of the Will County courthouse Nov. 20, 2025. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

State rests case against New Lenox business owners, defense may begin Monday

By Addison Wright

November 21, 2025 at 11:08 a.m.

Will County prosecutors rested their case Thursday against New Lenox business owners Jeffery Regnier and...

WIll County Board members Jim Richmond (R-Mokena), back row left, and Joe VanDuyne (D-Wilmington) discuss the proposed tax levy Thursday. (Michelle Mullins/for the Daily Southtown)

Will County holds the line on taxes, but now faces budget shortfall

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By Michelle Mullins

November 20, 2025 at 4:27 p.m.

The Will County approved levy will generate about $2.8 million less than County Executive Jennifer...

The Harvey police flag waves in the wind Aug. 2, 2025, in Harvey. (Hailey Hoffman/for the baiduhai)

Driver cited for DUI in Harvey two-car crash that sent vehicle into a house

By Evy Lewis

November 20, 2025 at 2:44 p.m.

Wendell Williams was charged with drunken driving after rear-ended another in Harvey, causing it to...

The New Lenox police station. (Daily Southtown staff)

New Lenox resident loses $235,000 to online scam, police offer advice

By Addison Wright

November 20, 2025 at 2:12 p.m.

New Lenox police urge caution after a resident lost $235,000 in an online fraudulent investment...

Cassandra Riley-Pinkney is sworn in Thursday as acting mayor of Riverdale by Village Clerk Karen Holcomb. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

Riverdale appoints trustee acting mayor, following former Mayor Lawrence Jackson’s perjury conviction

By Evy Lewis

November 20, 2025 at 2:20 p.m.

The Riverdale Village Board chose Trustee Cassandra Riley-Pinkney as acting mayor to replace Lawrence Jackson,...

Grace Hendricks, store marketing specialist, stands on the sales floor of the new Bridge Thrift Home & Restoration in Frankfort. Proceeds for the store benefit the Bridge Teen Center in Orland Park. (Bridge Teen Center)

Around the Southland: Bridge Thrift opens in Frankfort, dog park permits offered in Will County, more

By Melinda Moore

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November 19, 2025 at 5:25 p.m.

News from around the Southland includes items from Frankfort, Orland Park, Will County, Moraine Valley,...

Trinity Christian College students on the Palos Heights campus in August 2025. (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

2 weeks after Trinity Christian closure announcement, Palos Heights knows little about college sale plans

By Olivia Stevens

November 19, 2025 at 4:55 p.m.

Palos Heights Mayor Robert Straz is waiting to hear from Trinity Christian College about plans...

Tinley Park Trustee Ken Shaw discusses finances during a Village Board meeting. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Tinley Park trustees agree to increase property tax levy by 3.8%, first increase since 2018

By Addison Wright

November 19, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.

The Tinley Park levy increase, which must be voted on by Dec. 16, would be...

A "Course Closed" sign displayed near the entrance to Calumet Country Club in Hazel Crest on Nov. 19, 2025. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

Calumet Country Club to be shut down, all infrastructure to be demolished, owner says

By Evy Lewis

November 19, 2025 at 11:56 a.m.

W&E Ventures CEO Walt Brown, Jr., efforts to develop the Calumet Country Club have been...

Jeffery Regnier, the owner of Kee Firearms and Training in New Lenox and Greta Keranen, with Kee Construction, stand in front of the Will County Courthouse Nov. 17, 2025. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Opening of New Lenox trial focuses on Kee owners’ auto loan application

By Addison Wright

November 18, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.

Will County prosecutors said the owner of Kee Firearms falsely claimed Kee Construction earned $400,000...