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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

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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

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...

Marie Antoinette Iafollo celebrates her 100th birthday Saturday at the Steger-South Chicago Heights Public Library. Her actual birthday was a day earlier. (Family photo)

Column: Teacher, advocate celebrates 100 birthday at Steger-South Chicago Heights Library

By Jerry Shnay

March 23, 2026 at 1:13 p.m.

Marie Antoinette Iafollo taught at Sauk Trail School in Park Forest and helped form the...

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

Three found dead in Crete Township home; person of interest in custody, sheriff says

By Evy Lewis

March 23, 2026 at 2:46 p.m.

A person of interest is in custody after two men and one woman were found...

Gary and Nora Facko stand Friday in their Mokena home. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

‘Our lives will never be the same’: Parents of man killed by Palos Hills police seek answers

By Evy Lewis

March 23, 2026 at 11:26 a.m.

Gerhardt Facko, 37, was shot and killed by Palos Hills police in February. His parents...

Rich Township District 227 students transport cases of water March 13 to be brought to Kankakee, where nearly 500 structures were damaged after severe weather. (Tammy Gunby)

Southland school districts join groups to help Kankakee tornado recovery

By Olivia Stevens

March 22, 2026 at 5:05 a.m.

Southland students mostly from Rich Township helped collect and deliver supplies to Kankakee County residents...

The administrative office building for Cook County Elemetary District 130. (Daily Southtown file photo)

District 130 custodian arrested, union protests wage theft charges

By Addison Wright

March 21, 2026 at 5:05 a.m.

A custodian for Veterans Memorial Middle School in Blue Island was charged with misdemeanor wage...

Superintendent Josh Barron speaks March 18 at High School District 218's board meeting at the district's administrative center in Oak Lawn. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

District 218 plans to renovate main entrances of Eisenhower and Richards high schools

By Evy Lewis

March 20, 2026 at 2:45 p.m.

District 218 plans to renovate the main entrances of Eisenhower High School in Blue Island...

Jeff Eagan, District 230 assistant superintendent of business services, speaks at a Feb. 26, 2026 school board meeting. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

High School District 230 board questions 12-year extension of Palos Heights TIF district
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By Addison Wright

March 20, 2026 at 12:43 p.m.

Orland High School District 230 seeks more details on Palos Heights plan to extend Gateway...

Thornridge High School in Dolton. (Andrew Burke-Stevenson/for the Daily Southtown)

2 students arrested at Thornridge High School after weapon recovered

By Olivia Stevens

March 20, 2026 at 12:20 p.m.

Dolton said Thornridge High School officials initiated a soft lockdown after reports of a weapon,...

Tammi Carlson directs the flute choir at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills. She’s retiring at the end of the spring semester after 27 years as a music faculty member. (Moraine Valley Community College)

Moraine Valley teacher, flautist, retiring after nearly 3 decades of ‘making music tick’

By Melinda Moore

March 19, 2026 at 4:02 p.m.

Tammi Carlson has been playing and teaching the flute for nearly three decades at Moraine...

Will County Republican County Board member Steve Balich, center, who held a news conference July 9, 2024, blasting Jacqueline Traynere for accessing an email, is now caliling for her to resign. With Balich are board Republicans Jim Richmond of Mokena, Vince Logan of Joliet, Raquel Mitchell of Bolingbrook, Katie Deane-Schlottman of Joliet and Julie Berkowicz of Naperville. (Michelle Mullins/for the Daily Southtown)

Will County Board Republicans call for Jacqueline Traynere’s resignation

By Michelle Mullins

March 19, 2026 at 2:55 p.m.

Republican Steve Balich called on fellow Will County Board member Jacqueline Traynere, a Democrat, to...