The North Ave apartment building where a major fire burned in February is still standing despite the village’s effort to have ...

Big win on a bittersweet Saturday for OPRF baseball. Henry awarded Hagins Memorial Scholarship ahead of 14-4 victory ...

This season started promising for the Fenwick High School baseball team with victories in eight of the first 12 games. But ...

This season started promising for the Fenwick High School baseball team with victories in eight of the first 12 games.

A memorial service will be held for Clare Marie Leavitt, who died on Dec. 22, 2025 at the age of 69. The service will be held on May 8 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Edmund Catholic Church, 188 S. Oak Park Ave.

John Lyons, 72, of Barrington, died on May 2, 2026, surrounded by family. Born on Dec. 30, 1953, in Chicago to James Edward Lyons and Kathryn Lauretta Cooney Lyons, he grew up in River Forest and ...

Bernard “Bernie” Grandville Fillmore, 91, of Oak Park, succumbed to a long illness on April 22, 2026. A commercial painter by trade, he and his crew painted naval ships (his source of emphysema), tall ...

Peter Allen Cantwell, 76, of River Forest, died on April 21, 2026. Born in Oak Park on Feb. 9, 1950 to Frank Cantwell and ...

Robert Odell Wyatt, 80, of Oak Park, died April 27, 2026, after a brief illness. He was surrounded by loving friends and his ...

During the Great Avenue Deconstruction of 2026, I have a streetside seat to observe the impact on drivers heading east and west on Pleasant Street. It’s a great laboratory for observing human nature.

A few weeks back there was a quickly organized meeting held at the Oak Park library to figure out what role community members from the West Side and Oak Park could play in salvaging West Suburban ...

Thank you to John Duffy for the article on the history of the Jewish community in Oak Park and River Forest [Viewpoints, April 8]. To continue the history, Chabad of Oak Park-River Forest arrived in ...