It was the summer of insects, cicadas and their aftermath, the oak leaf itch mites. It was the summer of Wednesday adventures ...

There can be little doubt that the Oak Park Illinois Film Festival, which took place Sept. 12 and 14, could be termed an ...

Reese Garland, a 2023 Oak Park and River Forest High School graduate, competed in the women’s discus at the World Athletics ...

At first glance, the Oak Park and River Forest High School field hockey team’s record of 2-6-1 would indicate a rough start.

Owen Petrzelka was your typical 6-year-old boy in 2020: eager, full of energy, and loving life. But in April of that year, ...

Textile waste is a massive and growing contributor to our climate crisis — 92 million tons of textiles end up in landfills ...

Scaman for village president: stay the course with long board meetings. Parakkat for village president: stay the course with ...

Since Matt Battaglia became Fenwick High School’s football coach in 2020, his teams have gone by the motto of “Fenwick FAST,” ...

Kids Chess Class Saturday, Sept. 28, 11:30 a.m., Oak Park Public Library Chicago Chess Academy hosts weekly chess sessions ...

At a recent neighborhood meeting, I gave a report on the status of Trump’s proposed “Project 2025.” I summarized the 922-page “project document” into about eight pages of handout material.

It is ridiculous to criticize the Secret Service whenever candidate Trump is shot at. It is clearly impossible to prevent wackos from shooting guns in the general vicinity of a candidate who travels ...

The Electric Vehicle Charging Act (EVCA) went into effect in 2024 and mandates that all new construction in Illinois must be “EV ready,” i.e., must be able to support charging stations for electric ...