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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

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...

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

Substitute teacher fired by Chicago Archdiocese detained on felony sexual abuse charges

By Olivia Stevens

March 6, 2026 at 3:27 p.m.

Brett Smith, 43, fired as a substitute at Queen of Martyrs in Evergreen Park, is...

One of the dozens of buildings on the former Oak Forest Hospital campus in June 2023. (Mike Nolan/Daily Southtown)

With some Oak Forest Hospital buildings demolished, Cook County seeks input on land use

By Evy Lewis

March 6, 2026 at 7:16 p.m.

A public meeting regarding 153-acre Oak Forest Hospital property is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on...

Dolton man convicted in Hammond apartment double slaying

By Meredith Colias-Pete

March 6, 2026 at 11:38 a.m.

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

A plaque placed by friends of Gena Chiodo in a thicket of trees between cornfields in Lowell, Indiana, in December 2023, at the spot where her body was found in 2012. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Phone conversations played of defendant in 2012 Calumet City murder case

By Evy Lewis

March 5, 2026 at 7:41 p.m.

Conversations Donol Clark made to his brother from Calumet City police station were played during...

Will County Board member Jacqueline Traynere, a Bolingbrook Democrat, center, exits the Will County Courthouse Thursday with attorneys Colin “CJ’ Haney, left, and Jeff Tomczak. (Michelle Mullins/for the Daily Southtown)

Jacqueline Traynere testifies in computer tampering case; verdict expected Monday
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By Michelle Mullins

March 5, 2026 at 2:52 p.m.

Will County Judge Derek Ewanic will rule Monday whether County Board member Jacqueline Traynere is...

Lockport father, 43, dies in motorcycle crash

By Evy Lewis

March 5, 2026 at 12:57 p.m.

Michael T. Pew, a 43-year-old Lockport resident, died Saturday as the result of a motorcycle...

Charlene Davis stands in front of her former apartment unit March 4, 2026. Davis has lived out of hotel rooms since a fire spread through the building last month. (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

Calumet Park residents struggle after Feb. 14 apartment fire

By Olivia Stevens

March 9, 2026 at 11:14 a.m.

Charlene Davis and Paulette McGriff remain displaced after the fire at the apartment building on...

Jeff Eagan, District 230 assistant superintendent of business services, speaks about delayed distributions of Cook County property tax revenues Feb. 26, 2026. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

School District 230 short $1.3 million with Cook County property tax delays

By Addison Wright

March 5, 2026 at 1:40 p.m.

Delayed distributions of Cook County property tax revenues cost Orland High School District 230 $1.3...

Around the Southland: Scholarship gala surpasses $1 million for students, and more

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By Melinda Moore

March 4, 2026 at 4:21 p.m.

Superintendents' scholarship gala honors Jesse Jackson The legacy of the late Rev. Jesse L. Jackson...

Donna Wuchter holds a picture of her friend Gena Chiodo in December 2023, at her home in Munster, Indiana. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Long-delayed murder trial begins for boyfriend of Gena Chiodo, Calumet City woman killed in 2012

By Evy Lewis

March 4, 2026 at 4:17 p.m.

Gena Ciodo of Calumet CIty disappeared in October 2012. Donol Clark went to trial this...