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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...

Oak Park community members hold signs advocating for an advisory referendum regarding the elimination of single family zoning being placed on the November ballot during a Village Board meeting on Tuesday, July 21, in Oak Park. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Oak Park officials deny advisory referendum on ending single family housing zoning

By Cam'ron Hardy

July 24, 2026 at 3:43 p.m.

Oak Park officials voted 5-1 denying an advisory referendum on zoning changes to the village...

Sisters Lynn White and Donna Greenwald, two of the owners of Old Fashioned Candies in Berwyn, display the shop's many wares as the business celebrates 50 years in Berwyn this summer. (Jim Dudlicek/Pioneer Press)

Old Fashioned Candies celebrating a half century sweetening the west suburbs

By Jim Dudlicek

July 24, 2026 at 11:50 a.m.

Old Fashioned Candies has been a sweet staple in Berwyn since moving from Chicago in...

Oak Park Trustee Derek Eder, center, speaks at the Village Board meeting on July 21, 2026, during a discussion about restricting police stops for minor equipment infractions. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Oak Park officials move toward restricting police stops for minor equipment infractions

By Cam'ron Hardy

July 24, 2026 at 1:31 p.m.

Officials in Oak Park are eying a policy that would restrict police traffic stops related...

A pedestrian makes her way across Chicago Avenue on July 14, 2026, when the heat index hit 100 degrees in portions of the area. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

July heat wave death toll up to 6, Cook County medical examiner’s office confirms

By Lila Hempel-Edgers

July 21, 2026 at 6:36 p.m.

At least six people in Cook County are dead after successive heat waves blanketed the...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle leaves after presiding over a board meeting on April 10, 2025. The Cook County Bureau of Technology and the procurement office that originally inked the contract with Tyler Technologies, are both under Preckwinkle’s office. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Watchdog report on Cook County tax tech contract: ‘Nobody’s hands are clean’
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By A.D. Quig

July 21, 2026 at 5:47 p.m.

Cook County’s inspector general estimates the county has so far spent $63 million on its...

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

La Grange Park eyes restructure of sales tax in business districts

By Hank Beckman

July 21, 2026 at 12:14 p.m.

The La Grange Park Village Board is eying a plan to implement a villagewide 1%...

Becky Cavanagh, of Clarendon Hills, rings the bell to open the markets at the Chicago Board of Trade while gathered with fellow Special Olympics Illinois participants and officials earlier this month. Cavanagh is this year's ambassador for the Chicago Ducky Derby, which raises money for Special Olympics Illinois. (Joe Cavanagh)

Lucky duck: Clarendon Hills athlete Becky Cavanagh to pick winners at Chicago Ducky Derby

By Melinda Moore

July 21, 2026 at 11:32 a.m.

Becky Cavanagh who has competed in Special Olympics Illinois for 13 years, is this year's...

Katie O’Neill of Elmhurst shows one of the three gold medals she won at the Special Olympics USA competition in June in Minnesota. (O’Neill family)

Gymnast Katie O’Neill garners national attention and 3 gold medals at Special Olympics USA Games

By Jeff Vorva

July 20, 2026 at 3:25 p.m.

Gymnast Katie O'Neill, of Elmhurst, was in the spotlight at the Special Olympics USA Games...

Volunteers with Triton College’s Retires and Senior Volunteer Program collected more than 10,000 plastic bags that they wove into sleep mats with a carrying strap and small pillow, which were given this month to Housing Forward’s Anderson Emergency Shelter in Oak Park. (Triton College)

Community news: College volunteers create sleep spaces for Oak Park shelter

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By Melinda Moore

July 17, 2026 at 5:10 p.m.

College volunteers create sleep spaces for Oak Park shelter Volunteers with the Retired and Senior...

Consultant Todd Vanadilok presents the South La Grange Road Corridor Plan to the La Grange Village Board during a meeting July 13 in La Grange. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange Road plan to focus on pedestrian safety, character

By Hank Beckman

July 17, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.

La Grange's South La Grange Road Corridor Plan proposes improvements for the stretch between 47th...