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An eastern bluebird perches on a sign at an area forest preserve in 2003. A new program offered by the Forest Preserve District of Will County aims to help open up birding as a hobby for people who are visually impaired. (Jim Robinson/baiduhai)

Birding by ear: Will County program opens up hobby for people who are visually impaired

By Jim Dudlicek

October 12, 2026 at 2:39 p.m.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County aims to make birding accessible to those for...

State representatives work in the House chamber May 27, 2026. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Republican Adam Beaty challenges Rep. Anthony DeLuca for 80th state House

By Evy Lewis

October 12, 2026 at 1:27 p.m.

Police Sgt. Adam Beaty, Rep. Anthony DeLuca talk property taxes, data centers and solar farms...

Will County government offices in Joliet (Daily Southtown file photo)

Will County District 5 candidates talk solar farms, Des Plaines River bridge

By Michelle Mullins

October 12, 2026 at 3:29 p.m.

Democrats Sherry Williams and Karen Johnson face Republicans Dave Oxley and James “JJ” Balonek in...

Layla Esparza and Mia Caldanero look through rainbow bracelets and handkerchiefs at Homewood-Flossmoor Pride Fest at Flossmoor Park. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

The rainbow after the storm: Flossmoor and Homewood celebrate fourth annual Pride Fest

By Evy Lewis

June 12, 2026 at 11:24 p.m.

Homewood Flossmoor Pride Fest marked its fourth year and first hosted by Flossmoor, organized by...

A family walks Friday through wreckage of an apartment building on 83rd and Robert streets in Hickory Hills. They said their mother lives on the street and they were helping her evacuate to their house. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Storm blows roof off Hickory Hills apartment, downs trees and knocks out power in south and southwest suburbs

By Addison Wright

June 12, 2026 at 5:03 p.m.

South and southwest suburban officials are scrambling to keep up with damage after rounds of...

Heather Benedick, CEO of St. Coletta's of Illinois, gathers with consumer David J, in front of the Blessed Mother statue at St. Coletta's in Tinley Park. The nonprofit organization is raising funds to restore the decades-old statue that is a spiritual focal point for people there. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Preservation effort underway for Blessed Mother statue, a ‘reflection of compassion’ for decades at St. Coletta’s

By Janice Neumann

June 12, 2026 at 5:04 a.m.

A preservation effort is underway for a Blessed Mother statue stationed outside for decades at...

Lansing Municipal Center (Daily Southtown file photo)

Man shot and killed in Lansing identified as 48-year-old paint plant manager

By Evy Lewis

June 11, 2026 at 3:41 p.m.

The victim of a fatal shooting in Lansing has been identified as Andrew Coleman, 48,...

Mary Cantway, of Homewood, pictured in 2022, holds a photo that was taken of her in 1933. (Antonia Urbanski)

Mary Cantway, oldest resident of Homewood, dies at ‘remarkable’ 111
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By Evy Lewis

June 11, 2026 at 3:12 p.m.

Mary Cantway lived in Homewood for 70 years, worked at South Suburban Hospital and exercised...

Customers and staff of Los Portales, 2 E. Main St., Chicago Heights, said Wednesday they watched federal immigration enforcement agents detain a man Sunday. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Federal enforcement officers return to Chicago Heights, residents and advocates respond

By Addison Wright

June 11, 2026 at 2:49 p.m.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were seen Sunday at Los Portales in Chicago Heights, arresting...

A sign at Gougar Road and 159th Street welcomes visitors to Homer Glen. (Michelle Mullins/for Daily Southtown)

Homer Glen OKs sewer extention to spur development near 159th and Cedar

By Michelle Mullins

June 11, 2026 at 10:56 a.m.

The Homer Glen Village Board will spend nearly $2.6 million for a sewer line extension...

Friends and family of Gena Chiodo wait to attend an October 2012 hearing at the Markham courthouse for Donol Clark, charged with murder in Chiodo's death. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

Defense suggests injuries occurred after death in Donol Clark murder trial for 2012 death of Calumet City woman

By Evy Lewis

June 10, 2026 at 3:56 p.m.

Defense attorneys for Donol Clark called a forensic pathologist to testify some injuries to Gena...

Three students on a team for Carl Sandburg High School won this year’s Moraine Valley Community College & Moraine Area Career Systems 2026 Business Skills Competition. Nidhi Patel, from left, Kamile Juzenas and Jane Chan competed against four other teams. (District 230)

Around the Southland: Sandburg team earns top marks at business contest, and more

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By Melinda Moore

June 10, 2026 at 3:03 p.m.

News from around the Southland includes items from Orland Park, Flossmoor, Calumet City, Richton Park,...

Calumet City aldermen listen Tuesday as Finance Director John Kasperek presents a plan for the city to pay an $8 million backlog in bills. (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

‘Wasteful spending cannot do this to a budget’: Calumet City seeks $8 million loan to pay backlog of bills

By Olivia Stevens

June 10, 2026 at 2:22 p.m.

Mayor Thaddeus Jones said with the bond's help, Calumet City will not need to cut...