About 77% of Homer Glen residents said they would like restaurants or dining, 25% want boutique shopping and 24% like a coffee shop or cafe in a town center.

Police said Saturday a man was in custody in connection with the stabbing death Friday of Lauren Pikor, 30, near her home one block away from Oak Forest High School.

Mysteries along the old Illinois Central, now the Metra Electric Line, include stations named after places that no longer exist, like Kensington, and promotional stunts from a century ago as with Ivanhoe.

Once part of the wall of solidly Republican collar counties, Will County is now one of the last battlegrounds for the region’s GOP.

A semi truck driver was killed Friday in a collision with another vehicle that closed the inbound Tri-State Tollway near Hazel Crest for hours.

A federal judge temporarily blocked the enforcement of a new law that allows the Illinois attorney general’s office to penalize anti-abortion pregnancy centers if they use deception to interfere with patients seeking the procedure.

A Robbins man, Theodric Williamson, died following an apparent stabbing Tuesday in Country Club Hills, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

A tentative Dolton village budget shows spending in the General Fund estimated to be $30 million this fiscal year compared with $27.7 million in the 2022-23 budget with outlays for police getting a boost.

On Saturday June 3, joined by my (almost) 94-year-old dad Chester, we spent our morning fossil hunting and discovering where the past meets the present, as well as the future, leaving no stone unturned at Thornton Quarry in Thornton, Illinois.

Cameron Webster Sr., 53, was shot death during an armed robbery Thursday morning at the QuikTrip store on Torrence Avenue in Lansing.

Robbins Mayor Darren Bryant said a water main break July 28 that triggered the emergency overflow system used to prevent the water tower from bursting shows the need for state’s help to upgrade the community’s infrastructure

When the whole world is roasting and you're witnessing unusual weather events all over the country, it's hard not to believe the wolf of climate change is at your door.

The Dairy Palace in Tinley Park is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year with new features such as a 1972 ice cream truck and old favorites such as fruit flavored soft serve.

Letters to the editor submitted to the Daily Southtown.

I’ve been an avid football fan for a long time, and a new TV device promised to allow me to indulge my pigskin fix.

The family of Loné P. Williams, 60, of South Holland say a $5,000 reward is offered for information on her husband, who faces first-degree murder charges and a warrant for his arrest.

A Harvey, Illinois man is wanted for choking a Merrillville woman.

Tinley Park officials have approved contracts worth $2.5 million for services such as design and engineering related to Harmony Square, an outdoor music and recreation venue planned for the village's downtown area.

The Trail Mix Acoustic Concert Series features Texas native Phoebe Hunt Aug. 12 at Homewood Izaak Walton Preserve.

Mourners gathered in Palos Park for the funeral of 3-year-old Matthew Dushenko, who died July 16 after an alleged drunken driver hit his family's minivan in Oak Lawn.

Emily York, 8, sold her drawings at a Children’s Business Fair in Frankfort and plans another event in Lockport with the help of the mother, Ashley York, who owns Realtopia Real Estate.

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

What’s going on at your church? Let us know by sending us an email including time, date, place and public contact information at religion@southtownstar.com.

Also, Flossmoor event a finalist for Governor’s Cup, County celebrates 5 years of Underground Railroad tours, Joliet VA Clinic to host mobile food pantry on Aug. 7

Will County looks to widen two-lane Route 1 in its 4-mile corridor through Homer Glen, Homer Township and New Lenox Township..

From one family’s letter to the Doomsday Clock, the Manhattan Project director’s legacy thrives here.

Till’s murder and the activism of his mother caught the nation’s attention about the harsh cruelty of racism and helped spur the fight for civil rights.