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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

By Michelle Mullins

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...

Chicago Christian students Jayden Zhang and Caleeya Coleman, members of the RoboKnights team, display one of their robot competitors during a tournament Saturday at the school in Palos Heights. The team has been invited to compete in the inaugural United States Governor's Cup Feb. 20-21 in Washington, D.C. (Jeff Vorva/Daily Southtown)

Chicago Christian High School robotics team to represent Illinois at U.S. Governor’s Cup in D.C.

By Jeff Vorva

December 16, 2025 at 1:20 p.m.

The Chicago Christian RoboKnights will represent Illinois in the inaugural United States Governor's Cup in...

Homer Township Trustees Christina Sievers and Keith Gray stand in October 2025 by the entrance to the Homer Township Civic Center in Homer Glen. (Michelle Mullins/for the Daily Southtown)

Homer Township seeks community input on unfinished civic center

By Michelle Mullins

December 16, 2025 at 12:37 p.m.

Homer Township Supervisor Sue Steilen said knowing what activities residents want will help decide how...

Tinley Park Police Department. (Donna Vickroy/Daily Southtown)

Tinley Park police commander resigns, charged with domestic battery

By Addison Wright

December 16, 2025 at 5:21 p.m.

Tinley Park police Cmdr. Patrick St. John, a 27-year veteran, resigned Friday after being charged...

The Dixmoor middle school football team, Grand Champions Elite, formerly known as Dixmoor Vikings, stand together Nov. 28, 2025, at a national tournament in Las Vegas. (Dwayne Tyson)

Dixmoor, Calumet City youth football teams compete in national championships
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By Addison Wright

December 15, 2025 at 1:36 p.m.

Grand Champions Elite, from Dixmoor, placed first and second and Midwest Knights, from Calumet City,...

South Holland police Chief Shawn Staples takes questions Monday at a news conference regarding arrests in the August shooting death of Davell Holden. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

Three face murder charges in August shooting of Thornwood athlete killed in ‘case of mistaken identity’

By Evy Lewis

December 18, 2025 at 6:16 p.m.

Javan Moore, 21, Demon Smith, 20, and a juvenile charged in the Aug. 2 shooting...

A 64-year-old man died and his neighbors were displaced after a fire Saturday night in a condominium on the 900 block of East 194th Street in Glenwood. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

1 dead and others displaced in Glenwood condo fire

By Olivia Stevens

December 15, 2025 at 3:46 p.m.

Frankie Thomas, 64, was killed in a Glenwood fire Saturday night on the 900 block...

Palos Park police Officer Cohen Piechocinski uses a lidar unit in summer 2024. (Palos Park Police Department)

Palos Park prepares to use updated laser technology for speed enforcement

By Addison Wright

December 15, 2025 at 5:05 a.m.

Palos Park police are using Illinois Department of Transportation money to purchase a lidar unit...

Thornton High School District 205 teachers Amoz Wright and Lamont Bibbie sit in front of students who helped construct a bench honoring Pope Leo XIV: Lashon Washington, from left, Nevaeh Brown, Tanyja Campbell, Keanue Tyler and Jamari Brumfield. (Lamont Bibbie)

Thornton High School District 205 bench honoring Pope Leo XIV now in his childhood home

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By Olivia Stevens

December 16, 2025 at 1:52 p.m.

Benches created by District 205 students and teachers depicting Pope Leo XIV are inside Pope...

Melissa Seaberg, left, and Michelle Krooswyk created the New Lenox library's care cabinet. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

New Lenox Library opens care cabinet with essential items and Narcan, no questions asked

By Addison Wright

December 13, 2025 at 6:02 a.m.

A New Lenox Library care cabinet offers shower products, deodorant, toothpaste, gloves, chap stick, first...

A photo of the Christmas tree lot in Richton Park that inspired Rikk Dunlap’s novel sits on top of his manuscript on Sept. 30, 2019, in Chicago. (Gary Middendorf-Daily Southtown)

Richton Park tree lot that was the setting for a Hallmark Christmas movie shuts down after 40 years

By Paul Eisenberg

December 15, 2025 at 5:08 p.m.

A Christmas tree lot along Sauk Trail, the setting for Hallmark's "Christmas Under The Stars"...