Village staff produced a list of 25 key goals across several categories following discussions at a village board retreat over the summer, ...

With long-time incumbent State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-8th) running to succeed U.S. Cong. Danny Davis (D-7th), voters will see someone new in that seat no matter who gets elected next Tuesday, March 17.

Mia Gage has quickly found a girls basketball home at Nazareth Academy. The 5-foot-11 starting freshman forward from Oak Park is establishing her area of the court as an active wing.

While there are many candidates running to be our next 7th District congressman, only one stands out from the crowd as the clear choice for Oak Park: La Shawn K. Ford. Amid a field of centrists and ...

Good old Otto McFeely, revered long-ago newspaper editor, is said to have christened Oak Park the “Middle-Class Capital of America.” He had a point. Geographically situated in the middle of the ...

Each year Oak Park’s village board approves a work plan for each of the volunteer commissions that do work on its behalf. Zoning. Sustainability. Preservation. Community Relations. Farmers Market.

How many more trumped-up cases can local and federal law enforcement bail on before just admitting that the ICE incursion into our communities was an attack on free speech and democratic ideals? Just ...

There’s a lot going on in River Forest right now. Teacher contract negotiations. The Lake and Lathrop saga that never ends. Term limits debates. Ethics complaints. A proposed development on Madison ...

I believe our garbage-disposal contract with LRS is about up. Now would be a good time to look at other companies and add leaf curbside collection to our fall cleanup. It takes a strong and focused ...

Carol J. Umlauf (nee Sullivan), 85, a longtime resident of Oak Park died unexpectedly on March 2, 2026. Born on Sept. 16, 1940, she was a 4H member in her younger years, an avid skier and member of a ...

Plurality means getting more votes than any other candidate. Majority is receiving more than 50% of the votes cast. Illinois has four U.S. Representative elections with more than five candidates for ...

Mary Patricia Davis (née Gibbons), 90, died peacefully on March 3, 2026, in North Riverside. Born in Chicago, she lived a life marked by adventure, exploration, curiosity, devotion to family, and a ...