The words Juanta Griffin read aloud during an Oak Park village board meeting five years ago, from a Juneteenth Proclamation ...

Chris Thomas is executive director of YourPassion1st, a youth empowerment organization offering mentorship for male students ...

Three Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School students were the winners of Ase Production’s Jubilee SPEAKS! Juneteenth Oratorical Essay Contest.

Oak Park police are investigating an incident in which a minor from Oak Park was attacked while taking the CTA Green Line ...

Oak Park will play host to a protest against President Donald Trump Saturday, June 14, just one of many such protests ...

Oak Park has found its next fire chief in JT Terry, an 18-year veteran of the department and a key figure in the village's ...

Oak Park’s village board authorized a forgivable loan of $246,532 to The Day Nursery, with the hopes that the funds will help ...

Each summer Elmwood Park pulls out all the stops to entertain, feed and wow community and guests. The first event that revs ...

Things seemed dire for the Oak Park and River Forest High School softball team in its IHSA Class 4A supersectional game ...

South Oak Park residents offer opinions on a potential bike lane on Harvard Street that would remove parking from the street ...

Robert Thomas Cullen, M.D., 70, a lifelong resident of Oak Park, died on May 24, 2025. Born on Aug. 27, 1954 to the late ...

A young Oak Park entrepreneur who grew up in the Austin community, is working to build generational wealth for his family.