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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
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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...

Community members watch the Disney Movie "Zootopia" in Memorial Park during a joint event hosted by the La Grange Park and Western Springs Police departments.

La Grange Park and Western Springs combined National Night Out yields record turnout

By Hank Beckman

August 4, 2023 at 8:33 p.m.

About 300 people turned out for La Grange Park's 19th National Night Out in late...

Elena Hernandez-Rahman, playing Vera Claythorne, and Isaiah Ublies, laying General McKenzie, in the dress rehearsal for "And Then There Were None.
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La Grange teen ensemble group stage murder-mystery classic

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By Hank Beckman

August 4, 2023 at 3:46 p.m.

The La Grange Area Teen Theater Ensemble (LATTE) staged an old fashioned murder-mystery at the...

La Grange Park patrol car behind the police station, at 447 N. Catherine Ave., in La Grange Park, IL. By Kimberly Fornek March 25, 2021

La Grange blotter: Masked man used gun to rob 7-11 on Ogden Avenue

By Pioneer Press

August 1, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.

La Grange Police Reports Aggravated assault Niklas A. Dambrauskas, 48, of the 1000 block of...

"La Grange Park Village Clerk swears in new Finance Director Larry Moller.

La Grange Park’s former finance director returns to old position, replaces interim appointee

By Hank Beckman

August 1, 2023 at 2:46 p.m.

La Grange Park's Board of Trustees unanimously swore in a familiar face as the Village's...

Infinity is one of the popular bands at La Grange Endless Summerfest Aug. 4-6.

Things to do Aug. 3-9 in Pioneer Press and Doings suburbs

By Myrna Petlicki

August 1, 2023 at 6:43 a.m.

Here are some other events occurring the week of Aug. 3-9 in this region. Nonstop...

The La Grange Park District recently unveiled plans for improvements at Waiola Park.

La Grange Park District unveils plans for Waiola Park upgrades

By Hank Beckman

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July 25, 2023 at 3:17 p.m.

About 50 La Grange residents turned out July 20 for a public input meeting on...

A carnival and vendors will return to Gordon Park for La Grange's Endless Summer Fest Aug. 4-6.

Endless Summerfest returns to La Grange with rock bands and carnival rides

By Hank Beckman

July 24, 2023 at 2:52 p.m.

La Grange's Endless Summerfest returns Friday, Aug. 4 and runs through Sunday, Aug. 6. Held...

"The Simon Wiesenthal Mobile Museum of Tolerance began a week-long visit at the Indian Prairie Public Library this week."

Mobile Museusm brings awareness of hate and bigotry to western suburbs

By Hank Beckman

July 19, 2023 at 8:53 a.m.

On its way through the state of Illinois, the Mobile Museum of Tolerance (MMOT) is...

Elena Hernandez-Rahman, playing Vera Claythorne, and Isaiah Ublies, laying General McKenzie, in the dress rehearsal for "And Then There Were None.

La Grange teen theatre presents Agatha Christie’s ‘And Then There Were None.’

By Hank Beckman

July 17, 2023 at 5:33 p.m.

Everyone loves a good murder mystery, and the La Grange Area Teen Theater Ensemble (LATTE)...

A backyard chicken coop in unincorporated Lansing in 2022. Some residents in La Grange are urging board members to revisit a 1982 ordinance prohibting backyard chicken coops in the Village.

Residents urge La Grange board to allow backyard chickens

By Hank Beckman

July 14, 2023 at 10:44 a.m.

Supporters of the "La Grange Chicken Initiative" are not giving up in efforts to legalize...