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The Cook County Board of Commissioners meets in the County Board room on Oct. 5, 2023. (Trent Sprague/baiduhai)

Appointed Democrat Kisha McCaskill faces Republican Richard Nolan in Cook County Board 5th District

By Evy Lewis

October 9, 2026 at 12:04 p.m.

Democrat Kisha McCaskill, appointed last year in Cook County's 5th Dist, faces Republican Richard Nolan...

The Will County sheriff's office (Daily Southtown file photo)

Will County sheriff candidates discuss Flock cameras, SAFE-T Act

By Michelle Mullins

October 9, 2026 at 11:19 a.m.

Republican James “Jim” Reilly faces Democrat Patrick Jones for Will County sheriff, and both candidates...

Wind Creek Chicago Southland General Manager Jahnae Erpenbach speaks at Visit Chicago Southland's annual awards ceremony at the casino Oct. 8, 2026. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

Wind Creek casino, Pope Leo’s childhood home highlighted as south suburbs tourism draws

By Evy Lewis

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October 8, 2026 at 3:36 p.m.

East Hazel Crest's Wind Creek casino and Pope Leo's Dolton childhood home were highlighted as...

Police tape surrounds a home Sept. 2, 2026, on the 22700 block of Brook Stone Court in Frankfort where officials said a 2-year-old was found unresponsive and later died at a hospital in an apparent domestic-related homicide. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Frankfort mother discussed Lindsay Clancy case before hanging 2-year-old son, prosecutors say

By Evy Lewis

September 4, 2026 at 3:18 p.m.

Corie Walsh, 40, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the death of...

Dolton police station (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

Homicide roundup: Deaths reported in Dolton and University Park

By Evy Lewis

September 4, 2026 at 11:37 a.m.

Michael Moss, 43, was shot and killed in Dolton, and a man not publicly identified...

Will County Board member Destinee Ortiz, a Democrat from Romeoville, at a July 2024 board meeting. out July 18, (Michelle Mullins/for the Daily Southtown)

Will County yet to disburse approved grant for immigration services group

By Michelle Mullins

September 4, 2026 at 11:24 a.m.

The Will County Board voted to give $200,000 to Illinois Workers in Action for immigration...

Lia Ramirez, of Orland Park, has a light moment while giving a speech at the opening ceremony with the iCan Dream Center partnering with Prairie State College. (Jeff Vorva/for the Daily Southtown)

‘Cutting assumptions’: Prairie State iCan Dream Center to serve neurodiverse students

By Jeff Vorva

September 4, 2026 at 1:03 p.m.

Participants and officials celebrate the new iCan Dream Center for neurodiverse students at Prairie State...

The Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Man arrested with Molotov cocktails in Mokena pleads not guilty at initial federal appearance

By Evy Lewis

September 3, 2026 at 2:30 p.m.

Hamed Alsaidi, of Jordan, pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges he possessed eight Molotov...

Blondean Y. Davis, center, CEO of Southland College Prep Charter High School in Richton Park and superintendent of Matteson School District 162, received an award for Educator of the Year from Tragil Wade-Johnson, founder of the America's Big Sisters Foundation during a recent Champions for Youth Awards Luncheon, which was emceed by television news anchor Val Warner. (School District 162)

Around the Southland: Matteson administrator deemed Educator of the Year

By Melinda Moore

September 3, 2026 at 3:18 p.m.

News from around the Southland includes items from Matteson, Richton Park, Orland Park, Evergreen Park,...

Will County sheriff's deputies are investigating a shooting outside this home on the 200 block of Dellwood Avenue in Lockport Township. (Elena Tittel/Daily Southtown)

31-year-old mother killed, man injured in Lockport Township shooting

By Elena Tittel

September 3, 2026 at 4:27 p.m.

A 31-year-old woman was killed and an adult male injured Wednesday in Lockport Township after...

Harold J. Gouwens building at UChicago Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey in April 2022. (Daily Southtown staff)

UChicago Medicine announces two new residency programs at Ingalls

By Elena Tittel

September 2, 2026 at 3:05 p.m.

The University of Chicago Medicine launched two medical residency programs at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in...

District 218 superintendent Josh Barron speaks during the Sept. 1, 2026, board meeting. (Elena Tittel/Daily Southtown)

District 218 highlights construction updates at Shepard, Eisenhower and Richards
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By Elena Tittel

September 2, 2026 at 2:05 p.m.

Ongoing construction efforts in High School District 218 will continue through the end of the...

2-year-old Frankfort boy dead, mother hospitalized, in ‘domestic related homicide,’ police say

By Evy Lewis

September 2, 2026 at 5:16 p.m.

Frankfort police say a 2-year-old boy found in a Frankfort home on Brook Stone Court...