With renovation of an old building, there are all sorts of surprises.” Eighteen months after scuttling the purchase of the Melrose Park property, Welch, now board president, pivoted 180 degrees and ...

Plans for a new Fire Station 2, or the North Station, are underway after a vote by Oak Park’s village board at a special ...

In a marathon of a meeting that lasted past 1 a.m. Wednesday, Oak Park’s village board unanimously referred a consultant’s ...

Andrew Joseph Zeh, age 11, was the youngest of five children spread across 14 years. As an explanation for his eye rolls, hip ...

Have you ever considered serving on a local village, school or park board? The League of Women Voters of Oak Park-River Forest is sponsoring a program to encourage area residents who are considering ...

Comedian Richard Pryor advised his fans never to admit to infidelity even if caught in the act: “Who you gonna believe, your lyin’ eyes or me?” The River Forest Planned Development Review Board took a ...

The event, which is scheduled to start at 5 p.m., Aug. 13 (rain date Aug. 14), serves as the unofficial start of the cross-country season.

The expression “It takes a village …” is commonly used. I would like to amend it to “It takes everyone” in my case. A year ago, I suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke. Over the course of this past ...

The new physical education wing in the southeast portion of OPRF will not be open when the new school year starts.

At the beginning of the Oak Park Village Board meeting on May 19, 2026, during the non-agenda public comment phase, an Oak Park resident of 39 years named Rick Easty contributed his voice to the ...

Oak Park has two Gunderson Historic Districts: one lies north of 290 in the area bounded by Ridgeland and Scoville Avenues ...