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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

By Evy Lewis

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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...

College football standout Pat Coogan, of Palos Heights, center, with Marist High School teacher Natalie Holder-Vaia and his former coach, Ron Dawczak, who is now a college counselor at the school. Coogan visited his alma mater as part of the school’s Leadership, Literature & Film speaker series. (Marist High School)

Around the Southland: Marist hosts NFL draftee, ‘Shrek the Musical’ hits area stages, and more

By Melinda Moore

April 16, 2026 at 12:38 p.m.

Marist NFL draftee, ‘Shrek the Musical’ at Beverly Theatre Guild and Shepard, and Orland Park...

John Prevost, brother of Pope Leo XIV, holds a portrait of the three Prevost brothers from 1958 while answering reporters' questions outside his New Lenox home May 8, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

New Lenox police investigate bomb threat against Pope Leo XIV’s brother’s home

By Addison Wright

April 16, 2026 at 4:26 p.m.

New Lenox police are investigating an unfounded bomb threat against the home of Pope Leo...

Dolton Village Trustee Andrew Holmes listens to a presentation Feb. 17, 2026, during a Village Board meeting. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Cook County judge to consider sanctions against plaintiffs in sexual assault lawsuit involving Dolton, Thornton Township

By Olivia Stevens

April 16, 2026 at 5:10 a.m.

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit naming Trustee Andrew Holmes failed to comply with court orders, Thornton...

Attendees hold signs against a proposed solar farm during a Will County Land Use and Development Committee meeting at the Renaissance Center in Joliet on April 2, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Opponents of Earthrise sprawling solar farm get temporary reprieve from Will County court

By Alicia Fabbre

April 15, 2026 at 6:24 p.m.

Will County Judge Victoria Breslan granted a restraining order delaying Will County Board action on...

Barb Lis listens to Melissa Howard, music therapist, during a talk about the power of music to spark memories during Musical Connections at Stickney Township Louis S. Viverito Senior Center. (Janice Neumann/for the Daily Southtown)

Name that tune: Stickney Township program provides musical memories for seniors

By Janice Neumann

April 15, 2026 at 12:42 p.m.

Melissa Howard's music therapy at the Stickney Township Louis S. Viverito Senior Center honors Artemis...

The Tinley Park police department building on Aug. 12, 2025. That month, a police officer notified the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a traffic stop, leading to a man being detained. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

ACLU says Tinley Park police traffic stop may have violated state’s TRUST Act

By Addison Wright

April 15, 2026 at 5:05 p.m.

The Illinois ACLU says a Tinley Park police officer may have violated the Trust Act...

Marquis Matilla speaks during a power outage at Harvey City Hall on April 13, 2026. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

Harvey City Council may consider grant-funded solar project

By Evy Lewis

April 14, 2026 at 1:59 p.m.

The Harvey City Council will consider a feasbility study a community solar project proposed by...

Kirsten Cerdenia, a seventh grader at Liberty Junior High School in Burbank, is greeted with glitter confetti and applause from staff at her school after she won the South Cook Intermediate Service Center Spelling Bee Championship for the fourth consecutive year. She will compete in May in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. (School District 111)

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By Janice Neumann

April 14, 2026 at 12:18 p.m.

Kirsten Cerdenia a seventh grader at Liberty Junior High in Burbank, is going in May...

The Cook County Courthouse in Bridgeview. (Daily Southtown file photo)

Two Chicago men charged in shooting death of Alsip man in Oak Forest

By Evy Lewis

April 14, 2026 at 4:10 p.m.

Edward Bass, 32, and Khalil Powell, 30, both of Chicago, are charged with murder in...

Pope Leo XIV meets the Algerian community in the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa in Algiers on April 13, 2026, on the first day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (Andrew Medichini/AP)

Local Catholic leaders express support for Chicago native Pope Leo after Trump calls him ‘weak’ and ‘terrible’

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

April 13, 2026 at 4:51 p.m.

Local Catholic leaders expressed support for Chicago native Pope Leo XIV after President Donald Trump...