News from around the Southland includes items from Matteson, Lansing, Crete, Palos Park, Palos Hills, Olympia Fields and Oak Lawn.

Though ranked choice voting is effectively prohibited under current state law, the bill seeks to explicitly ban the voting method.

Opinion: Responsible contractors ordinance not just bad policy. It’s shutting the door on qualified local workers.

As the start of Jonathan Smith's second season at Michigan State draws closer, one of the big things Smith and the Spartans need to check off is the necessity f ...

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) reports a crash on I-94 near the Jackson County Airport. The crash appears to be on the freeway ramp at M-60 on the ...

The overall takeaway for Michigan State’s offensive line for nearly a decade mostly ranges from meh to ugly. For all the positive talk that precedes every team every fall – and the Spartans are ...

What is unusual this year is the Republican-controlled House, unlike the Democratic-led Senate, has not yet proposed and approved a full spending plan, a step that typically has been taken in the ...

A group representing local governments across Michigan is calling on state lawmakers to set aside $800 million over the next five years to help spur affordable housing projects, predicting the cash ...

This week on Crime Stoppers, law enforcement needs your help identifying people involved in two crimes in Lansing and ...

Wednesday marked the highly anticipated first day of school for students across the Lansing School District. While many ...

A crash involving a semi-truck and a minivan left a 42-year-old woman injured in Eaton County. The Michigan State Police ...

A key Republican legislator announced Tuesday that the Michigan House of Representatives’ full budget plan could land as soon ...