Homes and commercial buildings win Oak Park preservation awards. Pieritz Bros. renovation one of two commercial winners ...

Today, I drive back from the Twin Cities to Chicago. Before I go, I visit my mother’s old meat packing neighborhood in South ...

I walked a five-mile pilgrimage in Minneapolis today. Temps were around zero degrees. The streets were snow covered, but it ...

Oak Park Township Trustee Juan Muñoz testified on experience being detained by ICE at Broadview protest at a hearing ...

Oak Park has purchased several new vehicles in line with the village’s ambition to reduce its fleet’s environmental impact.

Finalists for superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School D97 have been announced. The candidates will participate in a ...

Oak Park Trustee Brian Straw appeared in court for the federal conspiracy case that emerged from a protest at the Broadview ...

Will the new aquatic center have a big sun deck with lots of lounge chairs? No. And this is going to cost $40,000,000? Yes!

Virginia T. “Ginni” Madden (nee Cagney), 97, a lifelong Oak Parker, died on Jan. 19, 2025. She attended Ascension Catholic ...

Niewierowski, 67, died on Dec. 17, 2025 with his family with after a brief illness. Born on Sept. 7, 1958 at Camp Pendleton ...

John T. Rogers, 75, died peacefully on Jan. 7, 2026, in Chicago, surrounded by love. Born on Feb. 1, 1950, he was the son of ...

Public swimming pools, whether indoor or outdoor, are a high-value asset. They cost a lot to build, a lot to maintain, and in a landlocked village, space for them is at a premium. That’s likely why ...