Village EMS data shows that four out of five of Oak Park's local emergency patients end up at the same facility ...

Gas station giant QuikTrip moves forward in its bid for blighted Mohr Concrete site that’s in foreclosure in south Oak Park ...

Fenwick football defeated OPRF 35-0 at Triton College Sept. 5, earning a second straight shutout in the rivalry behind QB ...

Three young children were hospitalized after being hit by a car in an Oak Park crosswalk last month, according to village ...

It took five months for River Forest’s village board to finally take up the contentious term limit debate that has spooled out from an April 1 election where a clear majority of local voters supported ...

Robert J. R. Follett died peacefully on Sept. 3, 2025. Born on July 4, 1928, in Oak Park, he graduated from Brown University ...

Patrick Hemingway, 97, the second of famed author Ernest Hemingway’s sons, died Sept. 2, 2025 at his home in Bozeman, Montana ...

It all begins around Memorial Day. As I ride my bike into the Ridgeland Common parking lot, I hear the rhythmic splash-splash-splash and see elbows in the air through the black mesh fence. The ritual ...

As a young person back in the 1960s, I read most — maybe all — of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan books and a number of the Barsoom/Mars-related books. So it was with significant interest that I read the ...

As River Forest village president, it is always a privilege to celebrate the people who have helped to build and shape our community. In August, the village proudly hosted a very special event in ...

Each morning, as I walk my dog, I observe a significant number of individuals who disregard the leash requirement, allowing their dogs to roam freely. This behavior is particularly prevalent in Mills ...

Let’s hope the village board gives a Quick Nope to the proposed zoning for Quick Trip this Thursday. Just three years ago, the village board adopted the Climate Ready Oak Park initiative. That was ...