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The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County has named its 2026 photo contest winners. Mike Nielsen’s photo of a doe and her fawn in Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve in Oak Brook won Voters’ Choice. (Forest Preserve District of DuPage County)

Community news: Deer, ducks, sunset and stream take top honors in Forest Preserve photo contest

By Melinda Moore

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

News from the community includes items from Forest Preserve District of Will County, Western Springs,...

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. (Ashley Chappell)

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

By Myrna Petlicki

October 15, 2026 at 10:20 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...

Baby red-winged blackbirds, a species that nests at Wolf Road Prairie

League of Women Voters to host guided bird walk at Wolf Road Prairie

By Pioneer Press

August 28, 2023 at 8:00 a.m.

Professional naturalist Stacia Novy is teaming with the League of Women Voters of the La...

La Grange Park Village Hall. File photo.

La Grange Park trustees approve public works improvements and new police vehicle purchases

By Hank Beckman

August 24, 2023 at 12:04 p.m.

Public Works and Public Safety were front and center August 22 as the La Grange...

Decertified police Officer Zenna Ramos becomes emotional as she speaks during a news conference at Riverside Village Hall on Aug. 22, 2023. In 2008, Ramos was arrested for retail theft under $20 and was decertified in April by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board as a result. At right, is Riverside Director of Public Safety Matthew Buckley, who is supportive of Ramos.

Riverside rallies in support of police officer decertified for $14.99 retail theft in 2008
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By Jake Sheridan

August 22, 2023 at 7:08 p.m.

Former Cicero police Officer Zenna Ramos freely and remorsefully admits she stole a T-shirt 15...

Hope Miller of Whisper Me Home works the 2019 La Grange sidewalk sale outside the store.

La Grange sidewalk sale returns Aug. 25-26.

By Hank Beckman

August 22, 2023 at 10:07 a.m.

A long-standing La Grange tradition returns this month with the annual Summer Sidewalk Sale. The...

Angelo Caputo's Fresh Markets offers a cafe in its new Norridge location, the family chain's 10th store.

Angelo Caputo’s opens its 10th grocery store, in Norridge, as family business expands

By George Castle

August 22, 2023 at 8:45 a.m.

Angelo Caputo's Fresh Markets, founded by the late Italian immigrant Angelo Caputo and operated by...

Willis and Shirley Johnson in the Willis & Shirley Johnson and Classic Cinema Research and Education Center on Jan. 20, 2014, in Elmhurst.

Classic Cinemas founder Willis Johnson is dead at 86. His dedication saved downtown theaters in communities across Chicagoland.

By Michael Phillips

March 12, 2024 at 11:59 a.m.

When Willis Johnson got into the movie theater business, "old downtown theaters were out of...

Lyons' Eddie Tuerk practices in Western Springs on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023.

O-line or D-line for Lyons’ Eddie Tuerk? The Illinois recruit won’t pick. For now, he’ll stay on the field.

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By Matt Le Cren

August 14, 2023 at 11:55 a.m.

Unlike most players, Lyons lineman Eddie Tuerk doesn't have a favorite position. The 6-foot-4, 285-pound...

By the afternoon, the sun broke through the clouds and drew the crowds at La Grange's popular Endless Summerfest.

Turnout strong at La Grange Endless Summerfest despite rain

By Jesse Wright

August 13, 2023 at 3:47 p.m.

On Sunday — the last day of La Grange's Endless Summerfest earlier this month —...

Kelli O'Laughlin, 14, was stabbed to death in October 2011 when she walked in on John Wilson Jr. burglarizing her family's home in suburban Chicago.

Killer of Indian Head Park teen Kelli O’Laughlin dies in prison. Victim’s grieving mom: ‘Appeals have ended and so have you.’

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

August 11, 2023 at 4:16 p.m.

A man who brutally murdered a west suburban girl during a botched burglary more than...

La Grange Park police warn residents about car burglaries

By Hank Beckman

August 10, 2023 at 10:22 a.m.

La Grange Park Police have reported a rash of auto trespassing incidents early in the...