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Park Ridge-Niles District 64 board Vice President Rick Biagi listens to the district's chief business official Luann Kolstad during a discussion about the Cook County prevailing wage at a board meeting June 26.

District 64 board reluctantly gets on board with county’s prevailing wage

May 23, 2019 at 4:47 a.m.

Officials on the Park Ridge-Niles District 64 Board of Education flirted during the June 26 meeting with voting against adoption of the Cook County prevailing wage — a move that...

District 64 parent and a member of the local group Go Green Park Ridge, Shannon Donley, speaks June 26 during a Park Ridge-Niles District 64 Board of Education meeting.

Green light: District 64 backs plan to switch to more natural approach to lawn care

May 23, 2019 at 4:47 a.m.

Park Ridge-Niles District 64 officials approved a plan Monday night to switch to more natural lawn care procedures throughout the district, thereby satisfying concerns raised by parents who took issue...

Study suggests changes could improve parking in Uptown area

May 23, 2019 at 4:47 a.m.

A parking study commissioned by Park Ridge officials last fall concluded that there's enough parking spaces to serve the needs of the city's Uptown area, but suggested that changes should...

Albion Residential is proposing an 18-story, mixed-use development, with ground-floor retail, for the northwest corner of Lake Street at Forest Avenue in downtown Oak Park.

Plan for 18-story development near Austin Gardens heads to Oak Park Plan Commission

May 8, 2019 at 11:57 a.m.

During a Monday night meeting that featured vocal outcry against a proposed 18-story mixed-use development in downtown Oak Park, the village's trustees voted unanimously to refer the developer's request for...

A car heading south on Humphrey Avenue in Oak Park on Friday night crashed through a guardrail and onto another car traveling on the westbound side of Interstate 290, more than a dozen feet below, according to Oak Park police.

Car crashes through guardrail, falls more than a dozen feet into car on I-290 in Oak Park

May 8, 2019 at 11:57 a.m.

A car heading south on Humphrey Avenue in Oak Park on Friday night crashed through a guardrail and into another car traveling on the westbound side of Interstate 290, more...

Oak Park-River Forest student Tatym Coe sings "Clean This House" during the Oak Park library celebration of Juneteenth.

Celebrating Juneteenth in Oak Park

May 8, 2019 at 11:57 a.m.

Forest Park resident Kamau "Maui" Jones said when he told his Uber driver he was headed to the Oak Park Public Library for a Juneteenth celebration, the driver told him...

Oak Park board decides not to consider opting out of minimum wage increase

May 8, 2019 at 11:57 a.m.

Oak Park residents and area advocacy groups successfully convinced village trustees to take off their Monday night agenda the discussion of an ordinance that would opt the village out of...

Longtime Park Ridge library director to step down

May 23, 2019 at 4:47 a.m.

The longtime director of the Park Ridge Public Library said she is retiring after the library's board of trustees expressed to her their desire for a change in leadership. Janet...

Man gave false info about woman shot in leg: Park Ridge police

May 23, 2019 at 4:47 a.m.

A 19-year-old North Chicago man was charged with disorderly conduct after police said he allegedly provided false information about a 19-year-old woman who was found shot in the leg earlier...

Park Ridge Deputy Police Chief Lou Jogmen said police are investigating an attempted robbery that took place Friday.

Police: Men drove onto Park Ridge man’s lawn, pointed gun at him in attempted robbery

May 23, 2019 at 4:47 a.m.

As he was loading his bicycle into a car early Friday morning, a Park Ridge resident was suddenly accosted by two men who drove onto his lawn, pointed a gun...

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