Bernard Francis “Bern” Wheel of Oak Park, Illinois died July 16, 2026. He was born on August 12, 1929, in Burlington, Vermont to Irene Abair and Alfred Wheel. His father was a typesetter in a print ...

Newton’s Third Law of Physics states that every force is met with an equal and opposite force. Adopting a significant zoning change is a major change for any community to absorb. All significant ...

Oak Park residents concerned about the assessed values of their properties may appeal them with the Cook County Board of Review between Aug. 3 and Sept. 1. Residents should know that the Oak Park ...

To me, it seems the most common sense of conclusions: if you keep dumping any single thing into a confined space, eventually you’ll create a problem. Water is necessary for the human body. But ...

One of my “Favorite Things” about Oak Park is discovering creative and unique places and spaces in our community. Many ...

Federal and state laws on intoxicating hemp products will change this fall, and Oak Park’s village board discusses banning ...

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Bureaucratic changes built into the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make it harder for people to keep their Medicaid coverage.

I am bothered that some people have equated opposition to eliminating single-family housing to racism. If I were to use a single word to describe this complex issue it would not be race. It would be ...

I want to congratulate Karen Tardy on her retirement as program coordinator for the OPRF Community Foundation’s Future Philanthropists Program (FPP). Karen joined FPP as a mentor in the program’s ...

Our village board members were elected to represent us, the citizens, in the running of our village. When they assert that referendums, whether for leaf bagging or overhauling zoning, will not be put ...

Last week, the Oak Park Village Board had a choice: let residents vote directly on one of the biggest zoning changes Oak Park has considered in decades. Instead, by a vote of 5-1, that choice was ...