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Parked vehicles crowd a lot outside an Amazon fulfillment center Friday, July 23, 2021, along 159th Street between Dixie Highway and Interstate 294 in Markham. The facility is set to open in September, the general manager said.

Column: Amazon reps address tax questions as workers landscape Markham parks

July 23, 2021 at 5:17 p.m.

Amazon offered to repaint a water tower in Markham, where the online retailer will soon open a massive fulfillment center, but there were strings attached to the offer, Markham Ald....

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx at her office Dec. 7, 2020, after attending a virtual swearing in ceremony for her second term.

Column: ‘Catch and release’ of Orland Park retail theft suspect highlights serious concern in suburbs

July 22, 2021 at 2:35 p.m.

Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau praised police and criticized Cook County prosecutors when asked about a recent Police Department Facebook post that seemed to make light of a woman arrested...

Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones speaks during a rally May 21, 2021, regarding plans by Franciscan Health to significantly downsize operations at its hospital in Hammond, Indiana.

Column: Who has the biggest war chest in the south suburbs? Campaign reports reveal financial transactions

July 21, 2021 at 3:48 p.m.

Construction company magnate and first-term Republican state Rep. Tim Ozinga of Mokena recently gave $95,000 from his million dollar campaign war chest to groups that help elect GOP candidates to...

Workers use a crane, barges, a backhoe and other heavy equipment July 20, 2021, to build a bridge that will carry Houbolt Road over the Des Plaines River in Joliet.

Column: Privately funded toll road will reduce truck traffic on Will County roads, officials say

July 20, 2021 at 2:41 p.m.

Government officials joined representatives of industry and labor Tuesday to break ground on a project designed to reduce truck traffic on Will County roads. Speakers hailed the innovative financing for...

St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church, 738 Lincoln Ave., Calumet City.

Column: Court ruling allowing hostile treatment of ministers hailed as a win for religious freedom

July 14, 2021 at 2:51 p.m.

Religious liberty groups, gay rights advocates and others are reacting to a federal appeals court ruling in a case that originated at a south suburban Roman Catholic Church. The 7th...

Tom and Joy Steck, from left, and Wally and Kathy Schultz share pastries July 12, 2021, around the kitchen table of the Steck' s South Holland home.

Column: Teacher friends care for former student, 72. ‘They’re such good people.’

July 14, 2021 at 4:46 p.m.

A friendship between a South Holland woman and one of her former high school teachers has spanned 55 years and spread kindness and joy to countless others. Joy Steck, 72,...

Greg Peerbolte, executive director of the Joliet Area Historical Museum and Old Joliet Prison Historic Site, stands next to a field where visitors will view artists performing on stages Aug. 7 during the daylong Bash at the Big House music festival.

Column: Bash at Big House to showcase local talent Aug. 7 at Old Joliet Prison

July 9, 2021 at 2:36 p.m.

A daylong music festival will showcase local talent and offer visitors the chance to explore an unusual venue. Organizers are staging The Bash at the Big House Aug. 7 at...

Bill Beaulieu of Southsiders for Peace addresses a Town Hall on Racism in Palos Township Sept. 12, 2019, at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills.

Column: Supporters to rally for voting rights. ‘You either fight or give up.’

July 8, 2021 at 3:02 p.m.

Pro-democracy demonstrators plan to stage a public rally Friday evening to drum up support for voting rights, infrastructure spending and other causes. Retired postal worker William Beaulieu, 69, of Oak...

Stuffed animals and a rolled up note were placed at the mailbox to the house where the baby was found in the 15500 block of South Hamlin Avenue in Markham in July 2017.

Column: Community activist pressures officials to solve baby’s 2017 murder

July 7, 2021 at 4:52 p.m.

Community activist Andrew Holmes intends to keep pushing authorities until they solve the 2017 murder of 1-year-old Ana Marie Townsend. Firefighters discovered the baby's charred remains July 3, 2017. The...

Businesses are seen in the distance beyond dead trees found looking southwest from a ramp connecting southbound Harlem Avenue to eastbound Interstate 80 in Tinley Park.

Column: What will it take to remove dead trees from Tinley Park’s I-80/Harlem interchange?

July 6, 2021 at 3:29 p.m.

Dead trees have marred the landscape at a prime entryway to Tinley Park for years. A forest of decaying lumber occupies land at the interchange of Interstate 80 and Harlem...

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