After a long, arduous recruiting process, Oak Park and River Forest High School boys basketball senior Alex Gossett announced ...

The name Gringo & Blondie is a nod to the American Mexican cross-border fiesta that is the restaurant’s menu. Now that new ...

Oak Park is considering a deal with University of Illinois that would pay the school $100,000 for work on an energy ...

Oak Park’s Citizen Police Oversight Committee is being studied by a specialized consultant group who will provide a report to ...

Police arrested a man last week in connection to domestic incident in which the man reportedly choked the victim ...

Frank Lloyd Wright building preservationists are already feeling the effects of funding changes from the federal government.

The Oak Park Farmers’ Market opens on May 17, kicking off a summer-long celebration of its 50th season. Throughout the summer, the market will feature special events to continue the celebration.

Susan Buchanan resigned last week from Oak Park’s village board. She was midway through her second term. In an interview with the Journal’s Brendan Heffernan, she was wonderfully candid about her ...

Nearly 50 years after former Chicago mob boss Sam “Momo” Giancana was found murdered execution style in the basement of his ...

In villages blessed with astounding nonprofit leaders, most of them women, Mary Anne Brown stood out. We mourn her death this week. For 40-plus years Brown built and led Hephzibah Children’s ...

Please join us on Monday, May 26 at the “Peace Triumphant” monument in Oak Park’s Scoville Park at 11 a.m. for our annual ...

With 65 dogs on site and an ideal capacity of 41, the Animal Care League in Oak Park is operating at more than 50% over capacity.