The world was a kinder, brighter place for 94 years because of Marietta A. Walsh (nee Battaglia), who died on March 3, 2026, ...

Rev. Don Wheat, 92, died on March 5, 2026. Born in Dayton, Ohio on Halloween 1933, Donald Hoover Wheat was the rare ...

For the first time in at least a decade Oak Park Elementary School District 97 will likely lay off a few teachers this year.

The Oak Park and River Forest High School boys’ water polo team has new leadership with Mark Hallman taking over the head ...

How the proposed developer of a village-owned parcel at 7620 W. Madison St. was selected is a topic of concern among some ...

Small villages are not noted for effective government. We in River Forest are a happy exception, with an obviously energetic ...

After deciding he was no longer needed Griff Powell has resigned his $1,500 a day position as co-interim superintendent at ...

Since 2018, Oak Park-based nonprofit Deep Roots Project’s collective mission has been holistically centered — to teach people ...

Star Housing Wars ...

As a member of the committee to ban gas-powered leaf blowers in Oak Park, I am disappointed that gas blowers are back in use because of confusion around whether the ban still exists. When the news ...

The mix of housing stock in Oak Park has always been one of its strengths. Beyond there being big houses and smaller houses, when you get south of Chicago Avenue there is a long-built mix of ...

Our first Forest Park St Patrick’s Day Parade couldn’t have come at a better time. Warm(er) than the brutal winter, neighbors and friends on the street, happy to have a little community after four ...