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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...

Water sits on the street at the intersection of 48th Street and Ninth Avenue in La Grange after a 2019 storm.

La Grange residents detail flooding issues following recent storms

By Hank Beckman

July 11, 2023 at 2:54 p.m.

La Grange is struggling with flooding issues again after the heavy rains last week. Sarah...

Carol Morgan and Ann McGuire shop photographs at the My Eye on the World booth at the La Grange Craft Fair in 2019.

— Diane Dachota/for Pioneer Press, La Grange Craft Fair, July 13, 2019

Top rated La Grange Craft Fair returns for 49th year

By Hank Beckman

July 10, 2023 at 1:51 p.m.

By Hank Beckman The annual La Grange Craft Fair returns this weekend, continuing a nearly...

Workers board up a home on Meadowcrest Road damaged during the July 5 storm in La Grange Park.

La Grange Park home damaged in fire caused by storm

By Pioneer Press

July 6, 2023 at 1:47 p.m.

A La Grange Park home sustained significant damage after downed power lines caused the home...

La Grange Park Village President James Discipio, left, looks on as Phillip's Flowers and Gifts Executive Vice President Baxter W. Phillip thanks the Village Board for the proclamation honoring the longtime business.

Phillip’s Flowers and Gifts honored as it continues to blossom after decades in business

By Hank Beckman

July 3, 2023 at 11:52 a.m.

The odds are against any small business begun when Warren G. Harding was president surviving...

A sign notifies drivers of red-light cameras at the intersection of Illinois Route 83 and 22nd Street in Oakbrook Terrace.

Judge denies Oakbrook Terrace a temporary halt, rules city must take down red-light cameras at Rt. 83 and 22nd Street during court appeal
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By Chuck Fieldman

July 1, 2023 at 7:07 a.m.

The controversial red-light cameras at Illinois Route 83 and 22nd Street in Oakbrook Terrace will...

Robert Kowalski leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago following his arraignment on bankruptcy fraud charges stemming from the collapse of a politically connected Bridgeport bank on Feb. 13, 2020. Kowalski's sister, Jan M. Kowalski, was sentenced to three years in prison as part of a plea deal related to her role in helping shield her brother's assets in a bankruptcy fraud scheme. (Jose M. Osorio/ baiduhai)

LaGrange attorney gets three years in prison for fraud scheme

By Staff Reports

June 28, 2023 at 1:23 p.m.

A LaGrange attorney was sentenced to more than three years in prison Tuesday for engineering...

Steve Norvilas, right, is sworn in June 26, 2023 as the new chief of the La Grange Fire Department. The swearing in was held during the Village Board meeting, as his family looked on.

Former Pleasantview fire chief sworn in as new head of La Grange Fire Department, calling it ‘a good place already’

By Hank Beckman

July 3, 2023 at 11:12 a.m.

At its meeting June 26, the La Grange Village Board approved Steve Norvilas as the...

Retired police officer Don Markell and the redbud sapling planted in his honor.

Retired police officer honored with Arbor Day planting in La Grange Park

By Hank Beckman

June 26, 2023 at 8:38 a.m.

By Hank Beckman Continuing La Grange Park's long tradition of recognizing a local resident on...

A person walks on a platform as the doors close on a Metra Heritage Corridor train ready to depart Union Station in Chicago on Dec. 7, 2022.

Metra weighing changes to fare prices as it adjusts to changing rider habits

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By Sarah Freishtat

June 21, 2023 at 3:34 p.m.

Metra is weighing changes to trip prices, as it looks to create fewer fare zones...

La Grange President Mark Kuchler addresses the crowd during the third annual Juneteenth award ceremony.

La Grange group honors local minister during third annual Juneteenth award ceremony

By Hank Beckman

June 20, 2023 at 1:26 p.m.

By Hank Beckman Minister Lynn Lacey, of the Second Baptist Church and co-founder of Lacey/Hill...