Cook County Commissioner Tara Stamps led a walk-out and moment of silence for Christian Wallace at Oak Park’s village board ...

If Judge Patrick Stanton’s words and demeanor were any indication Tuesday morning, there will finally be a settlement in the drawn out dueling lawsuits.

Fenwick High School’s Donald O’Brien Natatorium wasn’t around when new aquatics director Brigitte Kusevskis competed in the ...

The board approved an agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to allocate $18 million toward ...

Mary Kathleen Egan Schmuttenmaer, 91, died on May 18, 2026, after a few weeks’ illness. Please join us at Ascension Church in ...

David Leverett Stone, 86, of Oak Park, died peacefully in his home on June 15, 2026. Born in Chicago on Feb. 19, 1940, to ...

John Bernard Wellen, a longtime resident of Oak Park, died peacefully on June 25, 2026. Born in Chicago on Dec. 18, 1940, to ...

Carol Gaebler (née Armin), 88, died peacefully on June 19, 2026, at her home in Oak Park, surrounded by family. Born in ...

As the oversized 72–unit development for Madison and Ashland glides through its preordained approval process, River Forest’s village board has squandered a golden opportunity to actually serve the ...

For its 50th season staging outdoor theatrics in Austin Gardens, Festival Theatre is trying something new: Two plays. Well, they’ve done that before, but never before presented in repertory, i.e. on ...

It all started with an anonymous letter in our mailbox alerting us to Oak Park’s plan to eliminate single-family zoning. We were shocked! We learned this is mostly a done deal and it will be voted on ...

My hands trembled on the keys of the grand piano at Ascension. I had just seen my father-in-law, Paul Straub, a few weeks ago in Florida. And here I was in 2020 playing my original piece in A minor, A ...