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

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

By Michelle Mullins

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October 9, 2026 at 5:15 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

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...

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...

Frankfort Village Hall (Daily Southtown staff)

Sept, 2, 2023, Frankfort, Illinois

Fatal Frankfort crash kills one driver, 20, and severely injures another

By Evy Lewis

September 30, 2026 at 2:58 p.m.

A two-car crash in Frankfort early Wednesday morning killed the driver of one car and...

Julia Yock, of Orland Park, participates in a Best Buddies Frendship Walk. Yock, a dancer and cheerleader at Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox, promotes using physical activity to foster good mental health through her role as a pageant winner. (Catherine Demetropoulos)

Orland Park teen uses pageant win to promote fitness as a tool for mental health

By Janice Neumann

September 30, 2026 at 2:54 p.m.

Julia Yock, of Orland Park, won the Miss Teen International pageant with a platform encouraging...

The Cook County courthouse in Bridgeview. (File photo)

Man, 33, fatally shot in the back while walking down Bridgeview street

By Evy Lewis

September 30, 2026 at 12:51 p.m.

Niko Fuentes, 33, was fatally shot in the back Monday morning in Bridgeview, according to...

Southland crime: Spell-casting extortion reported in Oak Lawn, more

By Dennis Sullivan

September 30, 2026 at 11:01 a.m.

South suburban crime reports taken from police and court reports and news releases.

Geno McKenna, director of the indoor garden at The Hope Center in Blue Island, speaks about hydroponic growing systems on Sept. 29, 2026. (Elena Tittel/Daily Southtown)

Blue Island group harvests hope year-round for those facing food insecurity

By Elena Tittel

September 30, 2026 at 4:56 p.m.

Blue Island's Hope Center is closing in on its goal of donating 2,000 pounds of...

New Lenox community development director Robin Ellis discusses a housing development planned for land south of Silver Cross Hospital during a Sept. 28 Village Board meeting. (Elena Tittel/Daily Southtown)

New Lenox officials consider new development near Silver Cross Hospital
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By Elena Tittel

September 30, 2026 at 9:49 a.m.

A development proposal would bring 180 housing units in 42 buildings to land south of...

The Orland Park Public Library, located at 14921 South Ravinia Ave. (Orland Park Public Library)

Orland Park, Tinley Park libraries decry book banning, want people to ‘read what they want’

By Olivia Stevens

September 29, 2026 at 12:44 p.m.

As part of an annual push against book bans, librarians from Orland Park, Tinley Park...

Members of the Midwest Underground Railroad Network hike along the Calumet River in November 2023. The nonprofit group was recently recognized as a program of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom by the National Park Service. (Midwest Underground Railroad Network)

Midwest Underground Railroad Network earns national status from US Park Service

By Elena Tittel

September 28, 2026 at 4:45 p.m.

The South Holland-based group is listed as a program of the National Underground Railroad Network...

After months of delays, crews began work on the Dixie Highway viaduct on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026 in Homewood. (Paul Eisenberg/Daily Southtown)

After multiple delays, Dixie Highway viaduct closes for three months for flood mitigation repairs

By Evy Lewis

September 28, 2026 at 3:30 p.m.

The viaduct that carries trains over Dixie Highway, a primary route in and out of...