Chris Thomas is executive director of YourPassion1st, a youth empowerment organization offering mentorship for male students ...

The words Juanta Griffin read aloud during an Oak Park village board meeting five years ago, from a Juneteenth Proclamation ...

Three Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School students were the winners of Ase Production’s Jubilee SPEAKS! Juneteenth Oratorical Essay Contest.

River Forest School District 90 Superintendent Dr. Ed Condon is giving added focus to the district meeting its remaining 2024-25 school year strategic action objectives.

Oak Park will play host to a protest against President Donald Trump Saturday, June 14, just one of many such protests ...

Oak Park has found its next fire chief in JT Terry, an 18-year veteran of the department and a key figure in the village's ...

Oak Park’s village board authorized a forgivable loan of $246,532 to The Day Nursery, with the hopes that the funds will help ...

A young Oak Park entrepreneur who grew up in the Austin community, is working to build generational wealth for his family.

South Oak Park residents offer opinions on a potential bike lane on Harvard Street that would remove parking from the street ...

Things seemed dire for the Oak Park and River Forest High School softball team in its IHSA Class 4A supersectional game ...

Each summer Elmwood Park pulls out all the stops to entertain, feed and wow community and guests. The first event that revs ...

Robert Thomas Cullen, M.D., 70, a lifelong resident of Oak Park, died on May 24, 2025. Born on Aug. 27, 1954 to the late ...