Daniel Joseph “Mel” Geary, 64, died on June 23, 2025 in Schaumburg. Mel was truly one of a kind. He attended Oak Park and ...

Basil Demeur, 85, died peacefully on May 30, 2025 in Arizona. He is survived by his devoted wife, Nancy; his son, Christopher ...

David Leonard Cwik, 70, of Chicago, died on May 21, 2025 after a brief illness. An attorney of the first rank, he built a successful estate planning and probate practice from his office on North ...

When Francis Scott Key penned the words to what became our national anthem, he ended it with a question. Some think the ...

The village government will hold two public discussions to get feedback from residents on proposed Oak Park Bike Plan ...

Oak Park police also arrested two male juveniles from Chicago in connection with another car theft investigation. The boys ...

Several Independence Day events scheduled for Oak Park, but no rockets’ red glare at official events in the village ...

Oak Park has been working for far too long to craft a master plan to grow the safe use of bikes in the village. Now there is a plan and it is teed up for a village board vote in the weeks ahead. We ...

We’ve lived in the Chatterton, the condo building we shared with Ed O’Brien, for over 20 years. I got to know Ed early in our ...

The Park District of Oak Park is finalizing plans for the construction of a new building at Field Park and that the work will ...

In late December 2024, residents filed a petition for a ballot initiative to limit the River Forest Village Board to two terms in office. No River Forest resident filed an objection to the petition to ...

The most common response to the UIC survey’s question asking residents to describe Oak Park based on their personal ...