In a show of solidarity, leaders from numerous Oak Park organizations – governmental, nonprofit and business related – ...

River Forest trustee race for the 2025 consolidated election has become uncontested after Melinda Holm Peterson withdraw from ...

Kathy Perry, 75, a nurse and health care advocate who led the Illinois Nurses Association before undertaking philanthropic ...

Beyond the wide affirmation of Oak Park values at Monday’s Unity Temple gathering, Oak Park’s village government took two street level steps recently that make real its intentions to welcome and ...

On the YouTube clips of the Uber Eats commercial it was listed as being a Super Bowl ad. But Kelly Schumann, the River Forest ...

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.Fredrick Douglass I have often seen this quote used in the motivation of those working to advance issues of social justice and ...

Voters decide the makeup of local governing agencies, including village president and trustees ...

Re: “Trump pardons anti-abortion activists who blockaded clinic,” Chicago Tribune, Jan. 24, 2025 President Trump is reveling in his newfound power to pardon criminals. Unfortunately for democracy, he ...

During early voting from March 17-31 or on April 1, 2025, Oak Parkers will go to their local polling place and cast their votes for candidates across Oak Park taxing bodies. In the upcoming election, ...

A couple of weeks ago, a young man evoked an optimistic attitude about the future. He stated he was involved with Climate Action Network and appears to want to make his and our world a better place. I ...

The closure of the West Suburban Family Medicine Residency Program (WSFMRP) is a devastating loss for our community. Graduates of this established and respected program are clinicians, researchers, ...

Dear Park District of Oak Park, I am writing to express my strong opposition to the construction of the new Field Center on Berkshire Avenue. I request that you pause the project until a thorough and ...