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The Cook County courthouse in Bridgeview. (File photo)

Willow Springs man charged with attempted kidnapping in Hickory Hills

By Elena Tittel

October 15, 2026 at 5:38 p.m.

Nicholas P. Hayes, of Willow Springs, is charged with attempted kidnapping of two girls in...

Chicago man, 21, shot in head and killed in University Park

By Evy Lewis

October 15, 2026 at 4:56 p.m.

Davonte Smith, 21, of Chicago was fatally shot in the head at an unknown location...

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...

Business partner Arcelia Gonzales brings eggs donated by Mariscos El Camaron Coketo Inc., into the Hope Center in Blue Island Nov. 4, 2025. Local businesses came together to donate items to deliver to those struggling due to SNAP being cut and people that are scared to leave their house out of fear of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Blue Island advocate, south suburban pantries help SNAP recipients find food

By Addison Wright

November 4, 2025 at 4:34 p.m.

Arcelia Gonzales a longtime resident of Blue Island who now lives in Chicago Heights, said...

Will County Sheriff Mike Kelley welcomes Liz, a bloodhound, to the department's K-9 unit in Sept. 2020. Two Democrats and three Republicans have filed to replace Kelley, who is retiring, in the 2026 elections. (Alicia Fabbre/for the Daily Southtown)

Five candidates file for Will County sheriff; primaries likely in four county board districts

By Michelle Mullins

November 4, 2025 at 5:08 p.m.

Five candidates will run for Will County sheriff to replace retiring Mike Kelley, while all...

A mural on Trinity Christian College's campus on Nov. 4, 2025. (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

Trinity Christian College to close at end of school year: ‘No sustainable path forward’
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By Olivia Stevens

November 5, 2025 at 10:22 a.m.

Trinity Christian College e move follows the exits of some of the school's top officials,...

Kevin Hoffmeister, one of the owners of the Dairy Palace, stayed on set to help production crew while the movie was being shot on Oct. 31, 2025, the last day of the season. “These people were all super cool. That was what made it easy and fun,” he said. (Melinda Moore/for the Daily Southtown)

Tinley Park’s Dairy Palace adds another role to its resume: movie set

By Melinda Moore

November 4, 2025 at 3:35 p.m.

The Dairy Palace in Tinley Park was a movie set Friday for the filming of...

Hurricane damage to the resort where Trinette Britt-Johnson was staying in Jamaica (Trinette Britt-Johnson)

Rich Township worker stranded without kidney medication returns home safe from Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

By Evy Lewis

November 3, 2025 at 4:15 p.m.

Trinette Britt-Johnson returned home safe Saturday after days without the medication she needed for a...

Dolton District 149 Superintendent Maureen White, left, answers a question at a board meeting in June 2024. (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

District 149 reassigns sixth graders given nicotine gum at Calumet City school

By Olivia Stevens

November 3, 2025 at 2:57 p.m.

Sixth grade students given nicotine gum at Calumet City’s Creative Communications Academy were reassigned to...

The Chicago Irish Singers perform during the International Famine Commemoration Nov. 2, 2025, at Gaelic Park in Oak Forest. (Jeff Vorva/for the Daily Southtown)

Gaelic Park in Oak Forest hosts commemoration of great famine: ‘The Irish will never forget’

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By Jeff Vorva

November 3, 2025 at 12:02 p.m.

The Gaelic Park program featured songs from the Chicago Irish Singers, bagpipe music, a wreath-laying...

Students and staff at Thornton Fractional South High School, along with community members, walk around the school’s track Saturday, Nov. 1, during an anti-gun violence rally in Lansing. (Jeff Vorva/Daily Southtown)

After two months of tragedies, Thornton Fractional South community rallies against violence

By Jeff Vorva

November 2, 2025 at 10:42 a.m.

School District 215 sponsored a student-led Anti-Gun Violence Rally Saturday at Thornton Fractional South High...

School District 230 Board President Lynn Zeder swears in new member Tim Danlow on Oct. 30, 2025. (School District 230)

School District 230 appoints lifelong Orland Park resident Tim Danlow to board

By Addison Wright

November 1, 2025 at 4:27 p.m.

High School District 230 appointed Tim Danlow, a lifelong resident of Orland Park, to the...

Lester J. Wolf, who died in a 1926 radio station accident in Homewood, appears in an undated publicity photo. (Bob Anderson/Homewood Historical Society)

‘The First Martyr to Radio,’ a historic Homewood tragedy, gains a national audience

By Evy Lewis

November 1, 2025 at 5:02 a.m.

The death of 19-year-old Homewood resident Lester Wolf in 1926 is going national as an...