Marilyn Thomas

The crackles, blackouts and message delays caused by old 911 equipment will be a thing of the past in November, when the Police Department breaks in a new system. The...

Potential candidates for the newly created taxpayer advocate position find themselves in legal wrangling before they even get on the November ballot. In an April referendum, voters agreed by a...

Children, parents and friends turned out over the weekend to check renovation work at Acorn Public Library that transformed the lower level into a special place for young readers. Sunday's...

Like manna from heaven: Oak Forest Police Chief John Koch was pleasantly surprised when a donation of $250 for the city's Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program arrived from William...

A question on the legality of buying equipment without bids raised an uproar with aldermen this week. Several weeks ago the council voted 4-3 to bypass the mandated bidding process...

At City Council meetings, citizens used to be the "cream." But now they'll be at the bottom of the barrel after aldermen agreed to move citizens' participation from first to...

Wide open spaces: Suburbanites will set up just about anything in their yards--swimming pools, patio furniture, bird baths, even a tepee. Yes, Gary Rickman has set up a replica American...

Firefighters, police officers and a postal worker who worked to put out a fire July 2 in the Gingerwood Subdivision were presented with commendations recently. Special citations were presented by...

Good eating, good cause: Oak Forest police and firefighters and their spouses served up more than 700 sausage sandwiches at July's Oak Fest celebration to help raise $2,000 for the...

Crime prevention has a new twist in Oak Forest, where citizens are encouraged to call a crime-prevention hot line. Established in July, the special voice-mail service gives residents the option...