For the first time in at least a decade Oak Park Elementary School District 97 will likely lay off a few teachers this year.

The Oak Park and River Forest High School boys’ water polo team has new leadership with Mark Hallman taking over the head ...

Rev. Don Wheat, 92, died on March 5, 2026. Born in Dayton, Ohio on Halloween 1933, Donald Hoover Wheat was the rare working-class, Great-Depression baby named for President Hoover. Parents William and ...

Oak Park police are investigating reports that a man was robbed at gun point last week in the village, according to police ...

How the proposed developer of a village-owned parcel at 7620 W. Madison St. was selected is a topic of concern among some ...

La Shawn Ford is well-positioned to be the West Side’s first new congressman in nearly 30 years after winning the primary race to be the Democratic candidate in November’s general election.

The world was a kinder, brighter place for 94 years because of Marietta A. Walsh (nee Battaglia), who died on March 3, 2026, ...

Oak Park voters soundly rejected the Park District’s proposal to raise millions for a new pool in the village.

I read the recent editorial in Wednesday Journal arguing for “more oversight of the Oak Park Police Department,” and I had a simple reaction: Oak Park leaders are completely missing the point. The ...

After deciding he was no longer needed Griff Powell has resigned his $1,500 a day position as co-interim superintendent at Oak Park’s District 97 elementary schools.

I’ll start by saying that our family loves the programming at the Park District of Oak Park. While we’ve participated in school-year enrichment activities, our kids have especially benefitted from the ...

Under the guidance of veteran coach Beth Perez, the Oak Park and River Forest High School girls’ water polo team has been consistently solid.