Gehring, 26, died on Nov. 23, 2024, the victim of an apparent drug overdose. Born in Ukraine, she was one of three daughters ...

Shirley Ann Maxwell, 97, a resident of Oak Park for 55 years, died on Nov. 3, 2024. Born in 1927 to Helen Olah McCoy and ...

Thomas G. Lynch, 94, of Oak Park, died on Nov. 7, 2024. Born on April 1, 1930 in Galesburg, Illinois, he served as a sergeant ...

The murder of an Oak Park police officer by an armed assailant on the morning after Thanksgiving on Lake Street in the heart of our downtown is heart-stopping. In a time when it is hard to find focus ...

The school board for District 97 will be voting on an important part of middle-school math at its meeting on Dec. 10, and few people in the community have noticed. Specifically, the board will be ...

What does the shooting death of Detective Allan Reddins mean for Oak Park? The first thing is a profound sense of sadness for ...

Just a few short years ago, the former owners of West Suburban Medical Center were facing insurmountable mountains of debt and declared bankruptcy. Despite a national search of potential buyers, they ...

Just a few short years ago, the former owners of West Suburban Medical Center were facing insurmountable mountains of debt and declared bankruptcy. Despite a national search of potential buyers, they ...

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The River Forest Park District’s proposed 10-year agreement with Dominican University has sparked significant concern among local residents. This deal, which would grant the university prioritized ...

With the girls’ basketball season more than two weeks old at the time of this writing, it has been a mixed bag of results for ...

The Fenwick High School boys basketball team entered a new tournament at Riverside Brookfield, but the result was facing an old rival. The Friars reached the championship game of the Bill VandeMerkt ...