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Johnson-Phelps VFW Post 5220 will hold a Memorial Day ceremony at 11 a.m. Monday at the Veterans Memorial, just north of Oak Lawn Public Library at 95th Street and Cook Avenue.

Oak Lawn to meet with seniors regarding plan to move activities to library

May 24, 2022 at 3:46 p.m.

Oak Lawn officials will talk to senior residents over lunch Thursday about plans to move senior activities to the library. Oak Lawn Mayor Terry Vorderer said he and some fellow...

Oak Lawn police Officer Robert Carroll, right, receives a commendation from Mayor Terry Vorderer and police Chief Daniel Vittorio, center, during an April Village Board meeting.

Oak Lawn police officer honored after suspicions during traffic stop lead to sex trafficking conviction

May 13, 2022 at 8:20 a.m.

An Oak Lawn police officer honored last month for helping uncover a sex trafficking operation during a routine traffic stop is moving on to become the department's new K-9 officer....

Indian Head Park residents query details of Wolf Road reconstruction proposals

April 28, 2022 at 5:26 p.m.

Indian Head Park residents said less is better if Wolf Road is reconstructed. More than 150 people attended a meeting Tuesday evening on the project, which would redesign Wolf Road...

Oak Lawn will designate one-way traffic to ease congestion near Hometown Middle School

April 27, 2022 at 3:36 p.m.

Oak Lawn officials hope making a street one-way at certain times will relieve traffic congestion around Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School, in response to homeowners who said backup cars sometimes block...

Oak Lawn lays off building inspector, fourth position eliminated since December

April 20, 2022 at 9:55 a.m.

Three months into 2022 and after approving another severance agreement with a village employee, Oak Lawn is on track to end the year with a slight surplus, as budgeted, the...

Carol Tuman of Oak Lawn tells village trustees Tuesday she is against the idea of remodeling the Oak Lawn Public Library to include a senior center.

Oak Lawn seniors oppose move of senior center to public library

April 13, 2022 at 4:19 p.m.

Some Oak Lawn senior citizens told village trustees Tuesday they do not welcome the idea of moving the village senior center to the Oak Lawn Public Library. "The library doesn't...

Former state trooper Michael Witt of Oak Lawn, paralyzed in 2020, dies

April 6, 2022 at 12:16 p.m.

Michael Witt's family was planning to put an addition on their Oak Lawn house, so he could receive the medical support he needed at home. Instead, family and friends bid...

Cindy Dunne of Oak Lawn, from left, and Maribeth and Dan Gannon show the prizes they won at the adults only Easter Egg Hunt Saturday at the Stony Creek Golf Course.

Adults fill six-packs in Oak Lawn egg hunt

April 3, 2022 at 2:34 p.m.

People in their 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond scurried around Stony Creek Golf Course in Oak Lawn looking for plastic Easter eggs Saturday evening. "Now we know how the kids feel,"...

Oak Lawn's Stony Creek Promenade retail development at 111th Street and Cicero Avenue in 2018.

Oak Lawn will rebate half the sales tax, part of purchase price in deal to bring Paisan’s Pizzeria

March 28, 2022 at 12:18 p.m.

Oak Lawn will rebate both a portion of the land purchase and a percentage of sales taxes collected to Paisan's Pizzeria as part of an inventive agreement to bring the...

The Oak Lawn Church of the Nazarene at 91st Street and Ridgeland Avenue has changed its name to Ridgeland Church.

Oak Lawn church adopts new name and focus, plans community cafe, farmers market

March 28, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

An Oak Lawn church is moving forward with a new name and a new focus on interacting with the community. The Oak Lawn Church of the Nazarene church, at 91st...

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