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Costumes will be encouraged during Scary Skate on Oct. 24 at the Franklin Park Ice Arena. (Melinda Moore/Pioneer Press)

Community news: Costume contest, casket races and spooky farm highlight Halloween-themed events

By Melinda Moore

October 9, 2026 at 5:07 p.m.

News from the community includes items from Franklin Park, Forest Park, Countryside, La Grange, Lemont,...

Passengers board a Pace bus as a CTA Green Line train pulls in near the intersection of Harlem and South Boulevard in Oak Park, Friday, June 20, 2025. Students at Oak Park and River Forest High School who don't have a ride to school will have to continue to rely on public transportation after the School District 200 board renewed an expeption from a rule requiring them to provide school bus services. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Despite petition, Oak Park and River Forest High School renews school bus exemption

By Cam'ron Hardy

October 9, 2026 at 4:40 p.m.

School buses are too expensive, board tells Oak Park and River Forest High students who...

Police seek info in I-290 shooting that closed westbound lanes Thursday night

By Cam'ron Hardy

October 9, 2026 at 12:59 p.m.

Illinois State Police closed lanes on I-290 Thursday night after responding to an alleged highway...

Racers paddle their craft during a cardboard boat regatta that was part of the fun during Mythical Creatures Week with the Park District of Oak Park at Rehm Pool. (Park District of Oak Park)

Community news: Cardboard craft ply the Oak Park seas, Darien Fest, and more

By Melinda Moore

July 31, 2026 at 3:52 p.m.

News from the community includes items from Oak Park, Darien, Hinsdale, Burr Ridge, Brookfield, Hillside...

Gov. JB Pritzker talks about a law that will ban cellphones in schools during a signing ceremony at Elgin High School, July 28, 2026. (Rick West/Daily Herald)

School officials in Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills eye impact of state cellphone policy
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By Chuck Fieldman

July 31, 2026 at 3:23 p.m.

All public elementary schools must be compliant with the new Illinois cellphone standard by the...

The Oak Park Village Board meets Tuesday July 28, 2026 at Village Hall. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Oak Park board advances possible changes to single-family zoning

By Cam'ron Hardy

July 30, 2026 at 4:29 p.m.

Oak Park Village Board advanced potential single-family zoning changes to the planning committee for further...

Julie Mewhort Klein, a teacher at Fenwick High School, stands outside of the Oak Park Public Library on July 23, 2026. Earlier this month, Klein was one of 14 educators selected to participate in the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous' 2026 European study program in Poland to learn more about the Holocaust. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Fenwick teacher plans to use her ‘powerful experience’ in Poland to fight Holocaust misinformation

By Cam'ron Hardy

July 30, 2026 at 7:02 p.m.

Julie Mewhort Klein is more prepared to teach Fenwick High School students about the Holocaust...

A sign welcomes visitors to La Grange Park. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange Park officials highlight a year of ‘difficult projects’ in State of the Village address

By Hank Beckman

July 28, 2026 at 1:13 p.m.

Officials in La Grange Park faced some difficult decisions in 2025, they said at the...

Clarendon Hills board nixes $3.2 million no-bid streetscape contract

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By Chuck Fieldman

July 28, 2026 at 12:15 p.m.

Clarendon Hills President Eric Tech said he plans to meet with board members after they...

Steve Bachta, of Wilmette, competes in a central regional qualifying round on Monday, July 27, 2026, on the NBC show "American Ninja Warrior." (Scott Everett White/NBC)

Suburban residents compete on national ‘American Ninja Warrior’ TV stage

By Alexandra Murphy

July 28, 2026 at 12:53 p.m.

Six suburban Chicagoans were among about 240 from across the country competing on Season 18...

José Luis Maldonado, from left, stars as Figaro, Christine Steyer, who developed the concept and script,
plays the Countess, and Carl Ratner is the stage director of the Bellissima Opera & Song's adaptation of “The Marriage of Figaro” at the Nineteenth Century Charitable
Association in Oak Park. (Working In Concert)

Bellissima Opera & Song to stage adaptation of ‘The Marriage of Figaro’

By Myrna Petlicki

July 27, 2026 at 3:58 p.m.

Bellissima Opera & Song will present adaptation of 'The Marriage of Figaro' at Nineteenth Century...

Members of the Hinsdale Mahjong Society gather to play at the group's new studio in Westmont. The society was started earlier this year by Hinsdale resident Angel Leveston and includes players from around the Chicago area. (Angel Leveston)

Hinsdale Mahjong Society opens Westmont studio for friendship, ‘spending time together around a table’

By Chuck Fieldman

July 28, 2026 at 11:47 a.m.

The Hinsdale Mahjong Society, started earlier this year, has grown into a community and opened...

“Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be performed at 6 p.m. Aug. 1 to 16 as part of its Walking Plays series at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. Tickets must be bought in advance. (Morton Arboretum)

Community news: Morton Arboretum’s Walking Plays features Shakespeare, and more

By Melinda Moore

July 24, 2026 at 4:21 p.m.

News from the community includes items from Morton Arboretum, Oak Park, Franklin Park, La Grange,...