Victoria Pierce

The Village Board approved a six-year public works contract this week, giving the department's dozen employees annual pay increases of 3 1/2 percent. In the past contracts have been for...

After weeks of debate and fears that garbage might start piling up, the Village Board approved Tuesday a one-year contract with Waste Management. Waste Management has hauled Oak Lawn's garbage...

A ban on smoking in Oak Park restaurants, offices and other public places likely will be approved next month. The Village Board on Tuesday sent the proposed indoor clean-air ordinance...

Pigs will be on parade up and down Oak Park Avenue this summer. Don't worry, they aren't the odorous oinkers found on a farm, but fiberglass figures decorated by local...

Plans to redevelop a 25-acre parcel at the corner of 111th Street and Cicero Avenue in Oak Lawn took a step forward Tuesday night. The Village Board scheduled a Joint...

A Longhorn Steakhouse and other new businesses will soon replace the shuttered Suzuki dealership on 95th Street. The Village Board on Tuesday approved plans for the redevelopment of the commercial...

All manufactured homes coming into town must now be outfitted with sprinkler systems for fire prevention. Last year the Village Board approved a sprinkler requirement for all new residential construction....

The Oak Park Village Board on Monday approved borrowing $5 million to buy the Colt Building on Lake Street. The purchase is required because of a 5-year-old agreement with the...

In a matter of minutes, a domestic dispute on Feb. 14 turned into a heroic dash into a burning house to save a baby's life. For their efforts three village...

The village will strike up the bands this summer for its first 4th of July parade in decades. With little fanfare, the Village Board on Tuesday night approved the proposal....