🍦214K without power after Monday's storms. Here's what you need to know.

Plus, a free clothing giveaway in Joliet, Alsip's flower festival, and a Sunday concert in Frankfort this weekend.

🍦 Millions are being invested in these four south suburbs. Most buyers haven't noticed.

Halloween in July at Soundgrowler, plus a subdivision garage sale and Sunday concert in Frankfort this weekend.

🍦 Chicago home prices up 130% since 2000. The next 5 years might be even better.

A 7-year-old cancer survivor is holding a lemonade stand this Sunday, plus a comic con and vinyl show this weekend.

🍦 A Michelin-star restaurant might be coming to Frankfort. That's just the start.

Local businesses rallied to save Project Fire Buddies, plus BBQ for vets and the annual Frankfort Bluegrass Festival is back this weekend.

🍦 America turns 250 this weekend. The south burbs are celebrating right.

Bluegrass Festival is next weekend, plus the Chicago market timing breakdown you need to read.

🍦Your weekend: Free concerts, CBD dog treats & one big singalong

Plus a New Lenox ranch, a new Harmony Square shop, and more local news.

🍦 $7B, 9.5K units, 25 acres of parks. Chicago is about to look very different.

Frankfort businesses need your support after storm outages, plus 3 free events this weekend.

🍦 Lockport made the list. Old Canal Days is this weekend. Coincidence? Maybe.

Santana and the Doobie Brothers are playing Tinley Park Saturday, plus a steam locomotive just rolled through the south burbs.

🍦Orland Park's pool closed for E. coli. (But I have a listing with a private one, NO E.Coli included)

Chicago home sales dropped 21%, and prices still went up, plus Brothers Osborne is playing this weekend.

FARMERS MARKETS

🍦 $1.4M in Hinsdale or $500K in Frankfort. Same school quality.

Koscinski's family just awarded $20K in scholarships, plus a bourbon fest and a wellness fair.

🍦 Ever wondered where the old money actually lives in Chicago?

McDonald's is getting a stadium named after them, and Frankfort's splash park is almost open.

🍦 $4M in fraud, Lamborghinis, and your property tax bill

Front Street Fest is back, gas is up, and your property tax bill might be higher than you think.

🍦 This suburb just got ranked the number one boomtown in all of Illinois

Plainfield is booming, but your $ goes further right here. Plus everything happening this Mother's Day.

🍦The Scoop just got scoopier. Here's what you missed.

140 Lincoln-Way East students just made Illinois proud, plus everything happening out south this weekend.

🍦Chicago Suburbs Scoop

April 24th, 2026

DRAFT🍦Chicago Suburbs Scoop

April 17th, 2026

🍦Chicago Suburbs Scoop

April 10th, 2026

🍦Chicago Suburbs Scoop

April 3rd, 2026

🍦South Suburbs Scoop

March 27th, 2026

🍦South Suburbs Scoop

March 21st, 2026

🍦South Suburbs Scoop

March 13th, 2026

🍦South Suburbs Scoop

March 6th, 2026

🍦South Suburbs Scoop

February 27th, 2026

🍦South Suburbs Scoop

February 20th, 2026