Daily Southtown Monday, May 4, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Cook County proposed lowering the speed limit on Ridgeland Avenue by 5 mph, to 35 mph, but TInley Park neighbors say that’s too high. | | | | | Oak Lawn police Chief Daniel Vittorio and Chicago Ridge Chief Anthony Layman say burglaries of gaming terminals have become common. | | | | | Despite a sizable population of Arab American students and groundswell of support from many parents, Orland Park-based High School District 230 is facing controversy over a proposal to create an Arabic language program. | | | | | Senior assassin, a popular tag-style game where teens hunt down their opponents with Nerf and water guns, has become tradition for many high school seniors across Chicago and the country. | | | | | Ibrahim Kassem, 46, faces first-degree murder charges in the death of his father, Samir Kassem, 77, of Concord Drive in Orland Park. | | | | | Cook County Commissioner Tara Stamps says public comments by the pro-Trump Chicago Flips Red group have crossed the line into threats, harassment and intimidation. | | | | | A mother of 15 and a grandmother of 45, Diane O’Keefe-Dunne served as a mother to all the children in her Beverly community. | | | | | Lack of movement to enshrine abortion rights into the Illinois Constitution reflects the high bar for amendments and a focus on fighting rollbacks in Republican-led states. | | | |