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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

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By Evy Lewis

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...

Customers at Avenue Flower Shop & Wine Bar play video slots and other games in 2019 at the Oak Lawn business. (Daily Southtown staff)

Calumet Park man charged in connection with video gambling terminal burglaries in Oak Lawn, other suburbs

By Olivia Stevens

October 8, 2026 at 1:07 p.m.

Sincere Lanier of Calumet Park was charged in connection with video gambling terminal burglaries in...

A monarch butterfly climbs on verbena blooms Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Oak Park. Land managers of rights-of-way throughout the area are increasingly implementing monarch-friendly practices such as installing native plants and mowing less frequently. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

As monarch butterflies head south, they’re getting an assist along utility rights of way, roadways

By Susan DeGrane

October 8, 2026 at 2:51 p.m.

The Illinois Department of Transportation, ComEd and other agencies are implementing practices along rights of...

Traffic over the Route 7 bridge in Lockport over the Des Plaines River, pictured in 1998, has long been a problem. Will County officials revived talks about seeking funding for a new bridge over the Des Plaines River Valley, though they acknowledged nothing could be built before impending road work on the existing Lockport bridge begins. (Frank Hanes/baiduhai)

Will County board resurrects talks on new bridge over Des Plaines River Valley

By Michelle Mullins

October 8, 2026 at 2:52 p.m.

Will County officials revived a potential new bridge over the Des Plaines River Valley, an...

Shirley Drewenski leads a meeting of the Harvey City Council in February. Drewenski, formerly 1st Ward alderperson, was named acting mayor following the death of Mayor Christopher Clark. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Shirley Drewenski, named interim mayor after death of Christopher Clark, will not seek election to position

By Evy Lewis

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October 2, 2026 at 1:29 p.m.

Harvey Mayor Shirley Drewenski, who was elected in an interim capacity by the City Council...

Production designer Matt Hyland redecorates the facade of the Dairy Palace in Tinley Park on Oct. 31, 2025, before filming began on "Trash Mountain." The longtime ice cream shop was chosen as one of the sites for the movie, which premiered last month at the Toronto International Film Festival. (Melinda Moore/Daily Southtown)

Tinley Park’s Dairy Palace debuts at Toronto film festival in premiere of ‘Trash Mountain’

By Evy Lewis

October 2, 2026 at 11:57 a.m.

Scenes from "Trash Mountain", starring Caleb Hearon and Zooey Deschanel, were filmed at Tinley Park's...

Multiple agencies respond to reports of a shooting at Oakbrook Center mall on Sept 30, 2026, in Oak Brook. (James C. Svehla/for the baiduhai)

Dolton man identified as victim killed in shooting outside Oak Brook mall

By Christopher Placek

October 1, 2026 at 4:28 p.m.

Justin Hill, 28, of Dolton, was killed in the shooting that occurred about noon Wednesday...

Nikolet Diaz, a teacher and her husband Ivan Diaz listen to speakers in the pouring rain during the Clean School Rally at Nathan Hale Primary School in Crestwood. Students came together as a community to ask Cook County School District 130 Superintendent and the board of education to take immediate action to eradicate cockroaches, mold, mice and maggots from their schools. The rally took place on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. John Smierciak/Daily Southtown)

Supporters of laid-off custodians rally in Crestwood, cite ‘gross stuff’ at District 130 schools

By Olivia Stevens

October 6, 2026 at 4:29 p.m.

About 100 union and community members rallied Wednesday to pressure the District 130 school board...

Troy Swanson, of Woodridge, adjunct professor in the School of Information Studies at Dominican University in River Forest and chairman of the Library/Learning Resources Center at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, has been named Academic Librarian of the Year by the Illinois Library Association. (Melinda Moore/Daily Southtown)

Educator with ties to Moraine Valley, Dominican University, deemed state’s Academic Librarian of the Year

By Melinda Moore

October 1, 2026 at 2:10 p.m.

Troy Swanson, who works at Moraine Valley Community College and Dominican University, has been named...

Bobcats have been spotted this year on trial cameras set up by the Forest Preserve District of Will County. (Forest Preserve District of Will County)

Trail camera sighting highlights bobcats’ stealthy presence in Will County

By Elena Tittel

October 1, 2026 at 11:19 a.m.

After being declared a threatened species in Illinois in the 1990s, bobcats have rebounded and...

Derrick Wolf shops with his twin daughters, Evelyn and Aliyah, after Making Disciplies founder Eric Bassette surprised the family by paying for their back-to-school supplies. (School District 162)

Around the Southland: Mentoring program sponsors shopping spree in Matteson

By Melinda Moore

October 1, 2026 at 10:21 a.m.

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

The Will County Office Building in Joliet. (Vincent D. Johnson/Daily Southtown)

Election preview: Three vie for two seats in Eastern Will County’s third district

By Michelle Mullins

October 3, 2026 at 2:15 p.m.

Incumbents Frankfort Republican Daniel Butler and Steger Democrat Sherry Newquist, and challenger Democrat Marc McKirdie...

Calumet City's Mr. Smiley water tower peers over a shopping area in 2022. It's one of two personable water towers in the city that were painted with faces in 1973. (Paul Eisenberg/Daily Southtown)

Judge appoints receiver to manage Calumet City’s River Oaks West shopping center in foreclosure lawsuit

By Olivia Stevens

September 30, 2026 at 4:49 p.m.

Less than a month after a $45.6 million foreclosure lawsuit was filed against the owner...