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Highland Park native Marina Franklin, who has TV and film credits, including HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” is one of the headliners at the Funny is Female Comedy Festival, Oct. 22-25, at Comedy Plex in Oak Park. (Marina Franklin)

‘Now there’s a girls’ club’: Funny is Female fest draws 50 comedians to Oak Park

By Myrna Petlicki

October 15, 2026 at 5:04 a.m.

More than 50 comics from around the country will be performing at the Funny is...

Bounce houses attract fun seekers at Hinsdale's annual Fall Family Festival held at Robbins Park in 2021. The festival, and bounce houses, will return Oct. 24 at Hinsdale Middle School and downtown Hinsdale. (James C. Svehla/Pioneer Press)

Bounce houses, free pumpkins and other seasonal fun return for Hinsdale Family Fall Festival

By Chuck Fieldman

October 14, 2026 at 2:40 p.m.

Hinsdale's Family Fall Festival typically attracts more than 500 people, and both residents and nonresidents...

A student interacts with the Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System at Oak Park and River Forest High School on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Oak Park and River Forest High School students get hands-on experience with robot surgical device

By Cam'ron Hardy

October 14, 2026 at 5:04 a.m.

Oak Park and River Forest High School students had a unique opportunity to interact with...

Lara Romero, second from left, a mother who returned to get her bachelor's degree in nursing 18 years after having her first child, listens to Audrey Peri, a clinical instructor, as she demonstrates a nasal gastric tube insertion during a lab class on May 10, 2024, at National Louis University in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

For these Chicago moms, college scholarships for their kids meant a scholarship for them too: ‘It’s never too late’

By Alysa Guffey

May 12, 2024 at 4:42 p.m.

A rising number of parents are attending college at the same time as their children...

A $4.1 million winning Lotto ticket was recently sold at this BP, located at 8222 Joliet Road in La Grange (Google Maps)

A $4.1 million Lotto ticket purchased at a gas station in La Grange

By Pioneer Press

May 7, 2024 at 2:52 p.m.

Someone who bought a Lotto ticket in La Grange won the $4.1 million prize, Illinois...

Lyons Township High School North Campus. File photo.

Lyons Township High School District 204 board of education has chosen a new member
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By Pioneer Press

May 7, 2024 at 11:47 a.m.

Paula Struwing of Willow Springs has been appointed to the Lyons Township High School District...

The First Baptist Church of La Grange, celebrated its 140th Anniversary on April 28. (Hank Beckman)

First Baptist Church of La Grange celebrates over 100 years in the community

By Hank Beckman

May 7, 2024 at 6:11 a.m.

One hundred years ago Monday, the 1st Baptist Church of La Grange held its first...

Amdur Productions has run art shows for more than 40 years in the Chicago area. (Amdur Productions)

Get some culture with summer art shows

By Annie Alleman

May 16, 2024 at 3:02 p.m.

Visiting an art fair is a fun spring and summer tradition and shows today are...

Advocate Trinity Hospital is on the South Side of Chicago, Aug. 12, 2020. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

Illinois ranks 30th for hospital safety, down two spots from last year, says Leapfrog report

By Lisa Schencker

May 2, 2024 at 5:17 p.m.

In all, 22% of Illinois hospitals earned A grades for safety from Leapfrog, compared with...

Gabe Oppenheim, new executive director of the La Grange Park Public Library. (Hank Beckman)

A native of the community becomes new executive director of the La Grange Park Public Library

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By Hank Beckman

April 30, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.

As the La Grange Park Public Library approaches its 50th anniversary next year and moves...

Blue Lexi provides unplugged musical entertainment for the BEDS Plus benefit at Milk Money Brewing. (Hank Beckman)

BEDS Plus holds fundraiser in La Grange to aid victims of domestic abuse

By Hank Beckman

April 30, 2024 at 11:48 a.m.

The plight of domestic abuse victims got some much-needed attention last Thursday when La Grange-based...

Joseph Schmitt (left), and Scott Hennke (middle) are sworn in as La Grange Park firefighters by Village Clerk

Meghan Kooi. (Julia Cedillo)

La Grange Park adds two firefighters to its fire department

By Hank Beckman

April 30, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.

La Grange Park added two new firefighters to its paid, on-call fire department April 23.

Activists hug after Northwestern University officials announced Monday that they have reached an agreement with students and faculty protesting against Israel-Hamas war on April 29, 2024, in Evanston. The deal comes five days after demonstrators established an encampment in Deering Meadow, a popular common area on the Evanston campus. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Northwestern University reaches agreement with protesters

By Stacy St. Clair

May 2, 2024 at 8:35 a.m.

The deal — believed to be the first between a major U.S. university and Pro-Palestinian...