Column: Progress slow as complaints mount at Park Forest’s Autumn Ridge Apartments
Almost all systems in the 384-unit Autumn Ridge Apartments on Sycamore Drive in Park Forest are defective, worn or broken.
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Column: Autumn Ridge residents to Park Forest trustees: Do something
Beleaguered residents of Autumn Ridge Apartments voiced anger and frustration about living conditions to stunned Park Forest trustees.
Column: Autumn Ridge Apartments representative meets with Park Forest officials; says complex may be sold
Autumn Ridge sale may bring elevator repairs, new HVAC system and payment of $500,000 water bill owed to Park Forest.
Column: Longtime Park Forest, Homewood rabbi steps down after 42 years
Friends, congregants and supporters at Shir Tikvah in Homewood honor Rabbi Ellen Dreyfus, who was Illinois' first woman rabbi.
Column: Jon Kindseth begins work as Park Forest’s eighth village manager
Jon Kindseth will be the eighth village manager in Park Forest's 76-year history as he replaces longtime manager Tom Mick.
Column: Tom Mick ends 27 years of work for Park Forest; replacement named
Jon Kindseth, from Decatur, this week replaces Tom Mick as Park Forest village manager. Mick has worked 27 years for the village.
Column: Tom McDade, a Park Forest developer, landed on Utah Beach on D-Day
Tom McDade may not have been the only D-Day veteran in Park Forest, but his heart never left the community he helped create.
Column: Renovation at former Holiday movie theater in Park Forest to-do box
Columnist Jerry Shnay recalls the Holiday movie theater in Park Forest, and the cost to clean up, patch up, fix up and rehab it.
Column: Bird wars comes to a Park Forest backyard
Jerry and Penny Shnay hang a gourd in their backyard for a wren to build a nest, but this year a house sparrow took residence first.
Column: South Sububan Land Bank rehabs Park Forest house in pilot project
The South Suburban Land Bank spent $130,000 to fix-up a two-story Park Forest now on the market for $179,999.