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A group from Frankfort gets ready Tuesday morning to head to Matteson in the Discovery Trail Relay 250. (Jeff Vorva/for the Daily Southtown)

Frankfort kicks off Southland leg of America 250 relay

By Jeff Vorva

October 13, 2026 at 3:21 p.m.

Breidert Green in Frankfort was the starting point for the Southland portion of the Discovery...

Wolfe Wildlife Park in Oak Lawn (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown).

Oak Lawn Park District to upgrade trails at Wolfe Wildlife Park with $2 million state grant
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By Evy Lewis

October 13, 2026 at 1:24 p.m.

Oak Lawn Park District plans to use a $2 million state grant to replace the...

The New Lenox police station. (Daily Southtown staff)

Five arrests made in connection with New Lenox Verizon store robbery; 74 phones recovered

By Elena Tittel

October 13, 2026 at 3:52 p.m.

Five men were arrested and one charged with armed robbery in connection with a weekend...

Dolton Mayor Jason House looks at documents Feb. 17, 2026, during a Village Board meeting discussing the village's finances and the impact of a multimillion dollar verdict. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Dolton to consider red-light cameras, video gambling tax to pay $33.5 million judgment

By Evy Lewis

April 24, 2026 at 2:47 p.m.

Dolton filed a plan to pay a $33.5 million judgment by adding red-light cameras and...

The shuttered MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island in 2020.

New owners of MetroSouth Hospital to propose data center, Blue Island leaders cautious

By Addison Wright

April 24, 2026 at 12:46 p.m.

Owners of the shuttered MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island would like to demolish the...

Julianna Rubio Slager, left, and Darissy Matias of Ballet 5:8 present a hosted workshop at William P. Nixon Elementary School in Chicago Oct. 14, 2025. (Karina Mora-Metts/Ballet 5:8)

Orland Park ballet company brings arts education to communities afraid of ICE

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By Evy Lewis

April 24, 2026 at 9:35 a.m.

Orland Park-based Ballet 5:8 found a way to bring ballet to students when field trips...

Student Alan Aguirre, from left, PAWS volunteer Brandon McFadden and student Jada Toussaint pose with mixed-breed dog Donnie at the Chicago High School for Agriculture Science. (Jeff Vorva/for the Daily Southtown)

Outside the shelter: Agriculture science students foster puppies for adoption through PAWS

By Jeff Vorva

April 24, 2026 at 5:15 a.m.

If anyone can attest to the merits of adopting a dog from a shelter, it’s...

Dolton man gets 130 years for Hammond apartment double murder

By Meredith Colias-Pete

April 23, 2026 at 3:55 p.m.

Marvin “Geno” Clark, 33, was convicted of four counts of murder and three counts of...

Davida Colquitt of University Park waits as workers from Aqua Illinois fill containers with drinking water at the Community Center in 2019. (Zbigniew Bzdak /baiduhai)

University Park residents can seek claims as part of Aqua Illinois $12.5 million water contamination settlement

By Olivia Stevens

April 23, 2026 at 4:32 p.m.

University Park residents affected by Aqua Illinois water contamination issues between August 2018 and May...

The Moraine Valley Community College speech and debate team earned multiple individual and team awards at the Illinois Intercollegiate Forensics Association State Tournament held recently at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights. (Glenn Carpenter/MVCC)

Around the Southland: Moraine Valley speech team takes first in state event, more

By Melinda Moore

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April 23, 2026 at 1:07 p.m.

News from around the Southland includes items from Palos Heights, Frankfort, Flossmoor, Olympia Fields and...

Large homes line Donna Marie Drive in Homer Glen in 2010. Village Board members this week said an affordable housing proposal brought forth by Gov. JB Pritzker would take away their local control and voted 4-0 to oppose the state’s plan. (Corey R. Minkanic/baiduhai)

Homer Glen officials unite against ‘one-size-fits-all’ state affordable housing proposal

By Michelle Mullins

April 24, 2026 at 9:46 a.m.

Homer Glen Village Board members said an affordable housing proposal brought forth by Gov. JB...

Volunteer Araceli Garcia, left, sorts and packs nonperishable food donations during United Way of Metro Chicago’s annual April Food Day Wednesday at the Tinley Park Convention Center. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

United Way collects 65,000 pounds of food for 10 south and southwest suburban pantries

By Addison Wright

April 23, 2026 at 3:59 p.m.

Wednesday's United Way of Metro Chicago food day included donation collection, awards and lunch with...

First-level commercial space is topped by apartment units at a housing development at the northwest corner of Cicero Avenue and 157th Street in Oak Forest. (Mike Nolan/Daily Southtown)

Oak Forest seeks TIF extension for four-building development

By Addison Wright

April 22, 2026 at 5:45 p.m.

Oak Forest city officials asked Bremen High School District 228 to approve an extension for...