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

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

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...

More than 100 people pack into a Cook County District 130 meeting on Sept. 15, 2026, many expressing concerns about school maintenance after 31 custodians were laid off. (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

Union: Mold found in Blue Island area schools poses risk to students, staff

By Olivia Stevens

September 24, 2026 at 3:34 p.m.

The union representing custodial staff who were laid off by Cook County District 130 filed...

Tim Blackburn, a board member and historian for the Ridge Historical Society, holds a bronze plaque rescued in 1979 from the Gardener-Wilcox house near 99th and Beverly streets that recognizes the help Mary Lavinia Wilcox and Erastus Barnard gave freedom seekers. The former tavern and house no longer exists. The plaque was created in 1937 when Chicago celebrated its 100th anniversary as a city. (Melinda Moore/Daily Southtown)

Ridge Historical Society hopes to hire archivist to get ‘full grasp’ of backlog of thousands of items

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By Melinda Moore

September 24, 2026 at 1:19 p.m.

The Ridge Historical Society in Chicago has thousands of artifacts and boxes of unsorted material...

Police tape surrounds a home Sept. 2, 2026, on the 22700 block of Brook Stone Court in Frankfort where officials said a 2-year-old was found unresponsive and later died at a hospital in an apparent domestic-related homicide. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Frankfort mother charged with murder in hanging death of 2-year-old son pleads not guilty

By Evy Lewis

September 24, 2026 at 12:45 p.m.

Frankfort resident Corie Walsh, who is accused of fatally hanging her 2-year-old son Barrett Walsh,...

District 218 board president Carol Kats speaks at the board of education's Sept. 22, 2026 meeting. (Elena Tittel/Daily Southtown)

School District 218 moves to potentially contest property tax assessment appeals

By Elena Tittel

September 24, 2026 at 1:25 p.m.

District 218 approved a resolution to authorize interventions in proceedings before the state's property tax...

Members of the Spartans Without Borders organization at Oak Lawn Community High School traveled to Bolivia this summer for a two-week service trip. (Oak Lawn Community High School)

Around the Southland: Oak Lawn students help at Bolivian hospital, blood drive set in Midlothian

By Melinda Moore

September 24, 2026 at 10:21 a.m.

News from around the Southland includes items from Oak Lawn, Midlothian, Orland Park, South Holland,...

Keana Shatteen, of Lynwood, who is facilitating an emotional literacy program at Gen. George S. Patton School in Riverdale, holds her book "Healing Out Loud," a memoir of her own struggle with depression, a suicide attempt, and not knowing how to talk about her feelings. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Emotional literacy program in Riverdale gives students tools to ‘relate to their emotions’

By Janice Neumann

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September 23, 2026 at 3:46 p.m.

Keana Shatteen is helping girls at Gen. George S. Patton School in Riverdale channel their...

Reginald Henderson hugs supporters as he departs after a hearing on a petition for certificates of innocence from the Cook County state’s attorney for him and his brother, Sean Tyler, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on March 16, 2023. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Cook County settles Burge and scooter crash cases, defers jail monitoring proposal

By A.D. Quig

September 23, 2026 at 6:37 p.m.

Cook County’s finance committee approved a settlement Wednesday for a victim of a coerced confession...

A damaged truck is shown after passing under a viaduct on Vollmer Road between Homewood and Olympia Fields. (SHARPwatch)

Cook County proposes fix for Vollmer Road viaduct plagued by truck crashes

By Evy Lewis

September 23, 2026 at 2:27 p.m.

Cook County's proposal would increase the clearance at the Vollmer Road viaduct, long plagued by...

Books and computers at William Leonard Public Library in Robbins, pictured Sept. 22, 2026, are available to Robbins and Dixmoor residents from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday, a reduced schedule caused by a funding shortage. (Elena Tittel/Daily Southtown)

Temporary closure of library highlights lack of access to services in Robbins, Dixmoor

By Elena Tittel

September 23, 2026 at 1:45 p.m.

William Leonard Public Library serves Robbins and Dixmoor, but is facing budget and staffing issues,...

Southland crime: Naked hiker spotted in Oak Lawn, and more

By Dennis Sullivan

September 23, 2026 at 11:17 a.m.

Crime reports from south and southwest suburban agencies from police and court reports and news...