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Lynwood resident Brenda Mayfield-Anderson pauses at Advocate South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest, where she is receiving treatment for breast cancer. She had an opportunity to unveil a giant pink ribbon banner at Soldier Field during halftime of the Oct. 4 Bears game, as well as meet with Bears running back Kyle Monangai at Halas Hall. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Lynwood breast cancer patient celebrates a win with the Chicago Bears

By Janice Neumann

October 16, 2026 at 5:07 a.m.

Brenda Mayfield-Anderson of Lynwood got to unfurl a breast cancer awareness flag at halftime of...

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...

The sign at Park Forest Aqua Center on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, indicates the popular swimming pool should open in 2027, but officials in Park Forest are still debating its future. (Paul Eisenberg/Daily Southtown)

Park Forest residents indicate support for pared down Aqua Center as village mulls future of aging pool complex

By Jerry Shnay

October 22, 2025 at 2:43 p.m.

A survey on what to do with the shuttered Park Forest Aqua Center indicated support...

Trustee Sandra Slayton talks to Daniel Grove of Kimley-Horn about the needs of the area around the Hazel Crest Metra station Oct. 21, 2025. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

Hazel Crest works to redevelop neighborhood around Metra stop; site of original downtown

By Evy Lewis

October 22, 2025 at 1:27 p.m.

Hazel Crest is undertaking a study of its former downtown to determine what it needs...

A rendering of part of the planned downtown development in Orland Park northwest of La Grange Road and 143rd Street. (Village of Orland Park)

Orland Park votes to eliminate Main Street Triangle TIF district
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By Olivia Stevens

October 22, 2025 at 1:44 p.m.

Orland Park voted to eliminate Main Street Triangle TIF district four years early, providing $2.5...

An American flag flies outside Parker Junior High in Flossmoor, Oct. 20, 2025. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

Flossmoor Veterans Memorial history curriculum, ‘the idea of civics,’ set for democracy conference

By Evy Lewis

October 22, 2025 at 12:09 p.m.

A history class unit designed by the Flossmoor Veterans' Memorial organization may be going regional,...

Eight license plate reader cameras in Oak Park, including this one at Humphrey Avenue and Washington Boulevard, have been shut down after village officials ended a contract with Flock Safety. (Bob Skolnik/Pioneer Press)

Blue Island renews controversial Flock Safety license plate cameras

By Addison Wright

October 22, 2025 at 11:10 a.m.

Blue Island City Council approved reauthorizing eight Flock Safety license plate cameras as the devices...

Orland Park Police Chief Eric Rossi gestures as one of the police department's drones takes off during a demonstration Oct. 20 in Orland Park. (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

Orland Park touts emergency response drone program as it looks to expand eyes in the sky

By Olivia Stevens

December 30, 2025 at 12:48 p.m.

A decade since Orland Park began using drones for police work, Police Chief Eric Rossi...

UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey. (Daily Southtown file photo)

Harvey Police Department seeks victims, information in UChicago Ingalls hospital sexual abuse investigation

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By Evy Lewis

October 22, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.

The Harvey Police Department is investigating alleged incidents of sexual abuse and sexual assault that...

Homer Township Trustees Christina Sievers and Keith Gray stand by the entrance to the Homer Township Civic Center in Homer Glen. “We thought the plywood was covering up a beautiful glass door and protecting it from being damaged," Gray said. "We got on the inside and there’s no door at all.” (Michelle Mullins/Daily Southtown)

Homer Township Civic Center future murky amid funding woes: ‘It’s haphazard at best’

By Michelle Mullins

October 20, 2025 at 3:23 p.m.

The new Homer Township Civic Center looks ready on the outside, but its unfinished interior...

Protesters gather Saturday, Oct. 18, for a 'No Kings' rally in Kankakee. (Penny Shnay/Daily Southtown)

Column: ‘No Kings’ rally evokes memories of a father’s fight against tyranny

By Jerry Shnay

October 20, 2025 at 4:44 p.m.

Before Saturday's No Kings rally, columnist Jerry Shnay hadn't witnessed a large protest movement since...

John Scahill sits with bar owner Jim Richert and couple Aimee and Ryan Hamilton at Banging Gavel Brews on Oct. 15, 2025. Scahill said he visits the bar a few times a month, where he meets new people, such as the Hamiltons, along with seeing familiar longtime Tinley residents. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Banging Gavels Brews in Tinley Park lauded by state for restoring its 160-year-old home

By Addison Wright

October 19, 2025 at 5:09 a.m.

Banging Gavel Brews was recently awarded the 2025 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation...