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.

Harvey 1st Ward Ald. Shirley Drewenski chairs Monday's special City Council meeting, and will remain mayor pro tempore until the next council meeting after aldermen couldn't break a stalemate between her and 5th Ward Ald. Dominique Randle-El. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

Harvey City Council deadlocks, fails to select acting mayor following death of Christopher Clark

February 3, 2026 at 3:15 p.m.

Both Aldermen Shirley Drewenski and Dominique Randle-El were nominated, but neither received a majority vote of the Harvey City Council.

Harvey Mayor Christopher J. Clark leads a City Council meeting on May 12, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Officials remember Harvey Mayor Christopher Clark as a dedicated public servant

January 30, 2026 at 4:32 p.m.

Harvey Mayor Christopher Clark, who was first elected as mayor of Harvey in 2019, and reelected in 2023, has died.

Faith leaders gather in a church in Minnesota to prepare for participating in protest action on Jan. 22, 2026. (Julie Van Til)

Flossmoor pastor recounts ‘ground-level good’ in Minneapolis on interfaith protest mission

January 29, 2026 at 1:58 p.m.

The Rev. Julie Van Til joined more than 600 religious leaders who travelled to Minneapolis to protest the federal immigration crackdown.

Ryan Sinwelski at the West Harvey District 147 board meeting Feb. 3, 2025. (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

Harvey City Council meeting canceled on short notice; FOIA lawsuit settlement was on agenda

January 28, 2026 at 12:46 p.m.

A Harvey City Council meeting agenda item was approving a settlement with Ryan Sinwelski on Freedom of Information Act requests.

UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey. (Daily Southtown file photo)

Cancer center to open at UChicago Ingalls in Harvey, funded by Ralph Lauren grant

January 27, 2026 at 3:12 p.m.

A cancer center funded by a grant from the Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation will open at UChicago Medicine Ingalls in Harvey.

Oak Forest police (Daily Southtown staff)

Daily Southtown staff, June 10, 2021, Oak Forest, Illinois

Oak Forest police report homicide of 68-year-old man

January 26, 2026 at 3:33 p.m.

Michael Arnold, 68, of the 5000 block of Sunset Avenue, Oak Forest, died Friday of multiple gunshot wounds.

Evergreen Park Public Library is open as a warming center. (File photo)

81-year-old woman dies of cold exposure at Evergreen Park home

January 23, 2026 at 2:37 p.m.

Mary Savisky, 81, was found unresponsive in her unheated Evergreen Park garage after her neighbor called for a well-being check.

A loaded Colt pistol sits in a hole in the wall of Thornton Distilling Co.'s historic building, where it was found Monday. (Andy Howell)

Prohibition-era loaded pistol found in wall of historic Thornton brewery

January 23, 2026 at 2:56 p.m.

Andy Howell found the gun at Thornton Distilling Co., the state's oldest brewery with a history of bootlegging during Prohibition.

Chicago Heights police. (Daily Southtown staff)

Homicide reported in Chicago Heights; cause of death not given

January 22, 2026 at 2:49 p.m.

Michael Solomon, 36, was found when Chicago Heights police responded Tuesday to a battery call, and pronounce dead at a hospital.

Firefighters battle a blaze Wednesday at True Light Temple of Praise church in Ford Heights. (Ford Heights Fire Department)

Massive fire destroys True Light Temple of Praise church in Ford Heights

January 22, 2026 at 2:36 p.m.

Two maintenance workers were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire Wednesday at True Light Temple of Praise church in Ford Heights.

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