Dorothy Davidson Patinka left this world far too soon on Dec. 1, 2024, after 84 years of kindness, courage, love, and ...

It’s the birds, first and foremost, a more audible than visible beauty. Here in the middle of the Midwest, we boast an ...

The Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest will take the stage at Symphony Center in downtown Chicago on April 28 for a powerful ...

Leah and I want to thank the over 550 folks who attended the recent BUILD-Chicago Gala where the West Side nonprofit honored ...

Oak Park and River Forest senior Julia Brown began this girls track and field season with fast improvement. At the Cabin ...

Two years ago, the Oak Park and River Forest High School athletic department dealt with logistical issues posed by the ...

One evening, just after Francis had been elected Pope in 2013, a group of local religious leaders gathered at my house in Oak ...

Patrick Dooley Sr., 78, died after a brave battle with esophageal cancer on Nov. 4, 2024. Born in Oak Park on Jan. 12, 1946, ...

Thomas Michael Carraher, 61, of Oak Park, died on April 10, 2025, surrounded by love and holding his daughters’ hands. Born to William and Mary Carraher on Aug. 26, 1963, he was raised in Oak Park, ...

It was a long and sometimes pain-filled campaign for the school board at Oak Park and River Forest High School. Now, after a two-week wait, described as “miserable,” that finally elected Joshua Gertz, ...

Our state legislators are home for the next week or two but we have this action at the federal level from our Gun Violence Prevention Team: Everytown for Gun Safety (everytown.org) is encouraging ...

The so-called “SAVE” Act is a bill that purports to protect our elections from ballots being cast by illegal immigrants. The bill requires that people prove that they are U.S. citizens when ...