As of August 13, the IHOP on North Ave. is still only partly demolished. Credit: Lillian Ali Complaints continue to trickle in regarding the former IHOP restaurant at 6501 W. North Ave, which has been ...

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Curious Minds and Outdoor Adventurer youth camp participants were using the playground Wednesday morning when an RV crashed through a fence and hit a tree. According to the Park District of Oak Park, ...

The protagonist painter of the young adult novel “The Scattering” has the same dream every night for five years — that he knows how his family will be killed. The idea came from one of the author’s ...

With LifeSpeed, Tony Russo carves out niche for adults with developmental or cognitive disabilities after state assistance ...

Actors and venue impress during Forest Theatre Company's sixth season of outdoor Shakespeare, this time in Oak Park.

Bernard Francis “Bern” Wheel, 96, of Oak Park, died on July 16, 2026. Born on Aug. 12, 1929, in Burlington, Vermont to Irene Abair and Alfred Wheel, he attended St. Joseph School, Cathedral High ...

Joy E. Donahue (nee Birmingham), 82, a longtime resident of River Forest and Oak Park, died on Aug. 1, 2026. Born on Sept. 4, ...

William Alistair Bernard, 30, of Leesburg, Florida, formerly of Oak Park, died on Aug. 9, 2026 after a tragic motorcycle accident. Raised in Oak Park, he later moved to Tennessee, and eventually ...

Dr. Calvin Meineke, 77, died of natural causes at his home in Palos Park on Aug. 6. Born in 1948 in Austin, Minnesota to Merton and Jeanne Meineke, his father, who served in the Navy during World War ...

The following letter was sent to the Oak Park Village Board and Village Manager Kevin Jackson on July 28: Dear President Scaman, Trustees, and Manager Jackson, I am writing as a Fellow of Law ...

While it is true that we cannot have a binding referendum about zoning, we can have an advisory referendum that the Oak Park Village Board agrees to accept. Whatever the result, we the citizens of Oak ...