Anna Hamm Sadowski, 96, died on May 27, 2025, surrounded by family in her Oak Park home at Brookdale Senior Living. Born in ...

Lynn Ann Galuska Elsen, 68, of Oak Park, died peacefully on May 21, 2025 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s with her family ...

The “Out in the Burbs” Pride month celebration scheduled for June 7 in downtown Oak Park is the result of years of hope and ...

Martha Heindel “Marty” Tardy, 90, died on May 28, 2025, with her husband Gene by her side. Born in Chicago on Oct. 28, 1934, ...

Whenever an athlete turns professional, he or she often runs into unexpected obstacles that test one’s patience and dedication. Oak Park and River Forest High School graduate (2015) Max Metzgar, has ...

The majority of kids I knew grew up in so-called “traditional families,” with the men going to work each day, and the mothers staying home. Not all women, however, found full-time homemaking an ideal ...

In typical Trump administration style, Oak Park and hundreds of other American communities were splashed across a Department of Homeland Security report on May 29. The charge against all of these ...

Guess I am really out of touch … the village of Oak Park has an open position for the Economic Vitality Administrator role, advertising a salary range of up to $160,950. I want that position.

I’ve joined the exodus of empty-nest retirees from Oak Park to the wilds of Forest Park. What a culture shock. The typical parking restriction sign has no more than five words and the restriction is ...

As the “Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue” unfolds, I’ve been thinking about the Ghost Dance Movement of the late-1800s. If you’re not familiar, according to Wikipedia the Ghost Dance was “a religious ...

I have known Anan for perhaps 30 years. My bank helped him and his family with his businesses. I have become friends with Margie and his four children. During his time as president of our village, on ...