News from around the Southland includes items from Orland Township, Metra lines, Homewood-Flossmoor and Palos Park.

Gov. JB Pritzker gave lawmakers plenty to digest this week with the annual unveiling of his proposed budget and policy ...

After Friday’s show, McCollum and his band will head to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the tour’s final show. Then he will boogie ...

A Highland man got a 5-year split term Thursday for a fatal stabbing in a meth-fueled confrontation in Gary. Ruben Ortiz, 24, pleaded guilty in December to reckless homicide, a Level 5 felony. He was ...