Marilyn Thomas

What Oak Forest will look like in the 21st Century is being decided now, as the city redevelops its comprehensive plan. Working with consultants from Community Planning Services, members of...

The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to give final approval to the development of a tax increment finance district at 159th Street and Central Avenue, where a 105,000-square-foot shopping...

Thought provoking: You think, and you think, and you grapple with life's complications. But who's listening to your thoughts? How can you express them, and who has something to share...

After 18 years, the elected officials in Oak Forest will be getting a raise. The City Council agreed to the increases with Ald. Susan Hofrichter casting the only negative vote....

Oak Forest aldermen said Tuesday that the city should bill its garbage hauler every time city crews pick up garbage, tree limbs and other items not collected by workers of...

The mad dash of Rock Island train commuters will be made safer and easier when Metra constructs two pedestrian bridges in the spring, city officials said last week. The City...

Aldermen have agreed to create a tax increment financing district at 159th Street and Central Avenue to get a dilapidated shopping center torn down and replaced by 105,000 square feet...

Spurred by the nearly four-month-long battle with the city's Fins nightclub, the Oak Forest council on Tuesday approved an amendment to the liquor control ordinance that defines lingerie shows. Oak...

Oak Forest police officers stood by earlier testimony that models wore skimpy outfits and exposed themselves as a hearing resumed Wednesday night into whether the liquor license of Fins Night...

Patrick Gordon, the first challenger to Mayor James Richmond's re-election bid, announced his candidacy Tuesday saying he could no longer stand by and watch the bickering that he believes is...