Evy Lewis

Evy Lewis is a reporter for the Daily Southtown. In 2024, she graduated from Missouri, where she worked at the Columbia Missourian as a reporter and editor for two years. She previously interned at St. Louis Public Radio, where she covered the Missouri state government for radio, and at Investigate Midwest, where she wrote about agriculture.

Mourners gather Wednesday night outside a home in the 3400 block of East Norway Trail in unincorporated Crete Township to remember Jacob Lambert, 32, his mother Stacy Forde, 54, and her husband Patrick Forde, 55, who were found dead there on Monday. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

‘They were lights in this neighborhood’: Neighbors mourn Crete Township family killed in triple homicide

March 26, 2026 at 12:25 p.m.

Dozens came out Wednesday night to grieve Jacob Lambert, 32, his mother Stacy Forde, 54, and her husband Patrick Forde, 55, in Crete.

The Will County sheriff's office (Daily Southtown file photo)

St. John woman, mother of victim’s children charged with murder in Crete Township triple homicide

March 25, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.

Jenna Strouble, 30, of St. John, Indiana, has been charged with murder in the deaths of Jacob Lambert, 32, and his parents near Crete.

Shirley Drewenski leads a meeting of the Harvey City Council in February. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

Recently resigned Harvey Clerk Rosa Arambula appointed as alderperson

March 24, 2026 at 11:10 a.m.

Former Harvey City Clerk Rosa Arambula was appointed 1st Ward alderperson Monday, filling the role left vacant by acting Mayor Shirley Drewenski. "I cannot think of one other better person,...

Homewood police (Daily Southtown staff photo)

14-year-old boy killed in three-car crash at 183rd Street and Governors Highway in Homewood

March 23, 2026 at 2:50 p.m.

Kyran Smith, 14, was killed Sunday night when a car veered off Governors Highway and struck two stopped cars, police said.

Three found dead in Crete Township home; person of interest in custody, sheriff says

March 23, 2026 at 2:46 p.m.

A person of interest is in custody after two men and one woman were found dead in a Crete Township home, the sheriff reports.

Gary and Nora Facko stand Friday in their Mokena home. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

‘Our lives will never be the same’: Parents of man killed by Palos Hills police seek answers

March 23, 2026 at 11:26 a.m.

Gerhardt Facko, 37, was shot and killed by Palos Hills police in February. His parents say they want more information on his death.

Superintendent Josh Barron speaks March 18 at High School District 218's board meeting at the district's administrative center in Oak Lawn. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

District 218 plans to renovate main entrances of Eisenhower and Richards high schools

March 20, 2026 at 2:45 p.m.

District 218 plans to renovate the main entrances of Eisenhower High School in Blue Island and Richards High School in Oak Lawn.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle presides over a board meeting Nov. 20, 2025, before the vote on the 2026 budget proposal. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Kisha McCaskill and Trish Murphy lead for south suburban Cook County Board seats

March 18, 2026 at 3:18 p.m.

Democrats Kisha McCaskill led Tuesday night in the 5th District and Trish Murphy in the 6th District for Cook County Board seats.

Sasha Martin handing out signs for her aunt Liz Gorman on Tuesday at Orland Township Hall. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Southland voters said they seek a change in national policy

March 17, 2026 at 7:43 p.m.

Affordability and anger with national policy key topics voters raised at primary south and southwest suburban polling locations.

The Dixie Highway viaduct under the Canadian National railroad tracks in Homewood is pictured amid snow flurries Monday, March 16, 2026. A major construction project is set to start in April that will close the viaduct for months, blocking a main access point for Homewood's downtown area. (Paul Eisenberg/Daily Southtown)

IDOT to close Homewood Dixie Highway viaduct for flood management, resurfacing work

March 16, 2026 at 2:56 p.m.

The Dixie Highway viaduct in Homewood will closed for 90 days for repairs and resurfacing to deal with traffic and flooding issues.

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