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Scott Saef, an attorney representing Commonwealth Edison's substation improvement project, speaks to the Homer Glen Village Board Oct. 14, 2026. (Michelle Mullins/for the Daily Southtown)

Homer Glen OKs ComEd substation, adds beautification requirements

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October 15, 2026 at 9:49 a.m.

The Homer Glen Village Board voted 4-2 Wednesday to approve Commonwealth Edison's plan to modernize...

The statue of late pope St. John Paul II, center, is pictured at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo resumes working in hospital as doctors say lung recovered from surgery

By Nicole Winfield

October 15, 2026 at 9:57 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV’s lung has recovered well from surgery to remove a cancerous nodule, and...

An image of Pope Leo XIV rests at the base of a statue of late pope St. John Paul II outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where Leo is hospitalized for surgery to remove a lung nodule, in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Questions swirl about Pope Leo’s future after lung cancer diagnosis

By Nicole Winfield

October 15, 2026 at 6:15 a.m.

Pope Leo’s lung cancer diagnosis has thrown a question mark into his pontificate. And the...

The Gaylord Building in Lockport decorated for the holidays, Dec. 24, 2025. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

Lockport’s historic Gaylord Building awarded $30,000 grant for interactive waterways exhibit

By Evy Lewis

December 26, 2025 at 11:47 a.m.

Lockport's Gaylord Building along the Illinois & Michigan Canal received a $30,000 grant from the...

Nora and Waylon Van Grouw play with the interactive Lite-Brite wall Dec. 18 at the Tinley Park Public Library. Their mother, Emily Van Grouw, said she grew up in Tinley Park but has since moved and was visiting her sister Leah Kamp. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Renovation at Tinley Park Public Library brings an ‘everybody-oriented space’

By Addison Wright

December 26, 2025 at 5:10 a.m.

The Tinley Park Public Library $5.8 million renovation includes spaces for teens, families and children,...

Pope Leo XIV blesses the crowd with holy water during his installation Mass in St. Peter’s Square on May 18, 2025, at the Vatican. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Pope Leo XIV’s historic rise forges special Vatican connections for Chicago

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

December 25, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Seven months into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV's Chicago roots have helped frame both his...

‘It’s a blessing’: Chevrolet of Homewood gives free car to mother with disabled infant son

By Evy Lewis

December 24, 2025 at 12:41 p.m.

Lameisha Moon and her son, 8-month-old Jahmyr Moon, were chosen for Chevrolet of Homewood dealership's...

A student at Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in Palos Hills colors quietly during a visit to the school’s new Wellness Room. Students can bring their own noise-canceling headphones to help limit noise or use them to listen to meditation videos and music. (District 230)

Wellness Room at Stagg High School offers students ‘quiet space to retreat and refocus’

By Melinda Moore

December 24, 2025 at 12:04 p.m.

The new Wellness Room at Stagg High School in Palos Hills is a dedicated space...

Respond Now sees 20% jump in families seeking holiday help

By Addison Wright

December 24, 2025 at 6:54 a.m.

Respond Now's holiday giveaway in Chicago Heights helped give food and more than 1,000 clothing...

Gabrielle Bello, director of the Oasis Foundation, said one of its functions is to help hospice patients at House of Goshen with last wishes requests. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Flossmoor foundation funds last wishes for hospice patients, boost for nursing students
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By Janice Neumann

December 24, 2025 at 5:03 a.m.

The Oasis Foundation was formed to assist patients at Flossmoor-based Oasis Hospice and Palliative Care,...

Moraine Valley Community College’s Project Care Food Pantry was chosen as the primary beneficiary for the Palos Park Woman’s Club’s holiday gathering. (Glenn Carpenter, Moraine Valley Community College)

Around the Southland: Palos Park Woman’s Club collects over 800 items for MVCC food pantry, more

By Melinda Moore

December 23, 2025 at 3:21 p.m.

News from around the Southland includes items from Palos Park, Lemont, Metra, Homewood and Flossmoor...

Calumet City 2nd Ward Ald. Monet Wilson speaks during a special City Council meeting Dec. 8, 2025. (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

Calumet City aldermen hire their own legal counsel, Mayor Thaddeus Jones plans veto

By Olivia Stevens

December 23, 2025 at 3:16 p.m.

Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones plans to veto a City Council move to hire Odelson,...

Longwood Elementary students dance and sing to holiday songs at their holiday concert Dec. 17. The school, a part of Brookwood School District 167, is in Glenwood. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Early morning practices swell choir at Glenwood’s Longwood elementary

By Addison Wright

December 23, 2025 at 2:39 p.m.

More than 80 kindergarten to fourth grade students danced and sang in Longwood Elementary school's...