Less than a week from a second Trump administration, the arrival of the 2024 Point-in-Time-Count of unsheltered individuals ...

Nations make mistakes. Hopefully they learn from them. When we elected Donald Trump the first time, we f***ed up — in a big way. Electing Trump a second time is altogether different. It means we ...

With profound sadness, we announce the death of Sharon Moriarty (née McNulty), 65, formerly of Oak Park and residing in Listowel, Co. Kerry, Ireland, on Dec. 23, 2024. Born on April 27, 1959, she ...

Patricia A. Chesler (nee Mallin), died peacefully on Jan. 12, 2025 in the Oak Park home of her daughter, Deborah (Mark) Moroney. Born in Oak Park to Patricia and Roland “Bud” Mallin on Jan. 26, 1949, ...

Jeffrey Optholt, 75, died on Jan. 7, 2025 in Oak Park after a brief illness, surrounded by his family. Born in 1949 in Chicago, he attended Proviso West High School, graduated from the University of ...

Floyd G. Griffith, 88, died in his Fanwood, New Jersey home on Jan. 8, 2024, surrounded by family. The first-born of Gerald and Edna Griffith on Nov.17, 1936 at Oak Park Hospital, he attended St. Luke ...

Terrence B. “Terry” Rice, 75, of Oak Brook, a longtime Oak Parker and owner of the former Foley-Rice Cadillac dealership, died on Jan. 6, 2025, surrounded by family. He lived most of his life in ...

My dog, Ziggy, is a 7ish-year-old rescue who came to me two years ago with many scars marring his little body. I was told he had rarely if ever been taken for walks in his previous life and would need ...

Donald Trump does not give us many memorable phrases in his speeches, but his words after he was shot last summer were exceptionally bellicose and, frankly, odd. As he was being taken from the stage, ...

A profound sadness came over me these past several weeks after the murder of Oak Park Police Detective Allan Reddins. I did ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Jimmy Carter was elected President in 1976 just one ...

Well, here we are just a week or so short of Trump’s second inauguration and wondering what to do next. Trump has talked a lot about what he plans to do, what he will do and how he might do it. He’s ...