Addison Wright

Addison Wright is a reporter for the Daily Southtown with a Master's in public affairs reporting from UIS, during which she reported on state politics for the Tribune. Wright graduated from UNC Asheville in 2024 with a double major in mass communications and political science, where she was also captain of the university swim team. She covered local politics in Nashville and higher education in North Carolina.

Tinley Park resident Howard Biela gets his mail on Ridgeland Avenue April 29. He said he feels unsafe on the road and asked Cook County to lower the speed limit. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Tinley Park residents fear speeding cars on Ridgeland, protest Cook County speed limit plan

May 1, 2026 at 1:22 p.m.

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.

Jessica Rucinski, Bremen High School principal, during the student and faculty basketball game in January 2026. She is leaving the school in July to work for the district. (School District 228)

‘Hungry energy’ with new Bremen principal and staff stepping up as 70 people retire

April 30, 2026 at 4:44 p.m.

Bremen High School Principal Jessica Rucinski will be replaced by Matt Meany in July as she moves to the District 228 office.

Blue Island residents cheer and clap during Tuesday's City Council meeting after 10 people finished speaking against a possible data center. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Blue Island residents speak out against possible data center, mayor says comments are premature

April 30, 2026 at 4:14 p.m.

Blue Island residents told the City Council and Mayor Fred Bilotto they oppose a data center at the MetroSouth hospital site.

Will County Courthouse in Joliet. (Samantha Moilanen/Daily Southtown)

Homewood man pleads guilty to obstructing an officer fleeing Lincoln-Way East event

April 24, 2026 at 2:57 p.m.

Homewood resident Eric Havens, 58, must continue psychological treatment and have no contact with Lincoln-Way East High School.

The shuttered MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island in 2020.

New owners of MetroSouth Hospital to propose data center, Blue Island leaders cautious

April 24, 2026 at 12:46 p.m.

Owners of the shuttered MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island would like to demolish the building and build a data center there.

Volunteer Araceli Garcia, left, sorts and packs nonperishable food donations during United Way of Metro Chicago’s annual April Food Day Wednesday at the Tinley Park Convention Center. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

United Way collects 65,000 pounds of food for 10 south and southwest suburban pantries

April 23, 2026 at 3:59 p.m.

Wednesday's United Way of Metro Chicago food day included donation collection, awards and lunch with speaker Bobby Simmons.

First-level commercial space is topped by apartment units at a housing development at the northwest corner of Cicero Avenue and 157th Street in Oak Forest. (Mike Nolan/Daily Southtown)

Oak Forest seeks TIF extension for four-building development

April 22, 2026 at 5:45 p.m.

Oak Forest city officials asked Bremen High School District 228 to approve an extension for a tax increment financing district.

District 230 board member Chris Kasmer, left, discusses a proposal to add Arabic as a world language in district classrooms while Mohammed Jaber, who proposed the initiative, reacts at a February board meeting. Jaber resigned March 30, citing resistance to the proposal. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

18 candidates apply for Orland District 230 board vacancy created by resignation of Arabic language supporter

April 21, 2026 at 12:39 p.m.

Eighteen candidates applied to fill the vacancy on the Orland High School District 230 Board created by Mohammed Jaber resignation.

Pastors of St. Barnabas the Rev. William Malloy, Rev. Raymond Goedert, Rev. Raymond Tillrock and Rev. Jim Donovan stand together at the opening of an addition to St. Barnabas school under the Imagine Campaign June 6, 2021. (St. Barnabas Parish)

St. Barnabas Parish shocked by pastor’s sudden reassignment

April 18, 2026 at 5:15 a.m.

St. Barnabas Parish members were shocked about the Rev. Jim Donovan's sudden transfer to St. Francis of Assisi in Orland Park.

John Prevost, brother of Pope Leo XIV, holds a portrait of the three Prevost brothers from 1958 while answering reporters' questions outside his New Lenox home May 8, 2025. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

New Lenox police investigate bomb threat against Pope Leo XIV’s brother’s home

April 16, 2026 at 4:26 p.m.

New Lenox police are investigating an unfounded bomb threat against the home of Pope Leo XIV's brother, John Prevost.

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