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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

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

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

Shalonda Lane, the director of equity and anti-racism at the Oak Park Public Library, stands outside of the library on Tuesday, May 5. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

New director of equity and anti-racism at Oak Park Public Library is ready to grow with her community

By Cam'ron Hardy

May 7, 2026 at 5:06 a.m.

Shalonda Lane, Oak Park Public Library's new director of equity and anti-racism, said diversity, equity...

Brookfield Zoo employees strike outside the zoo’s south entrance on May 4, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Brookfield Zoo strike to end after management reaches agreement with Teamsters

By Talia Soglin

May 6, 2026 at 3:15 p.m.

A brief strike at the Brookfield Zoo is expected to end after zoo management reached...

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele, second from left, exits the courtroom with her attorneys following a not guilty verdict at the Daley Center in Chicago on May 5, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Cook County tax commissioner Samantha Steele not guilty in DUI trial

By A.D. Quig

May 5, 2026 at 8:40 p.m.

A judge declared Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele not guilty of driving...

Longtime Celebrating Seniors Coalition volunteer Pat Koko, center, accepts a donation to the group from Kathy and Joe DeMaira of DeMaira Dance Studios during The Dance Exhibition on March 1 at Dominican University. (DeMaira Dance Studios)

Dancing exhibition unites young and old for Celebrating Seniors Week

By Jim Dudlicek

May 5, 2026 at 5:07 a.m.

Dancing Exhibit funds Celebrating Seniors Week 2026 in Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park,...

The Park District of Oak Park hosted an Arbor Day celebration at Field Park with residents and students at Mann School. (Park District of Oak Park)

Community news: Oak Park celebrates Arbor Day, documentary debut in La Grange, more

By Melinda Moore

May 4, 2026 at 5:42 p.m.

News from the community includes items from Oak Park, La Grange, Hinsdale, Brookfield and DuPage...

Lou and Julie Rubin own and operate Hometown Coffee & Juice, which they plan to open by the end of the year inside the Hinsdale train station at 25 E. Hinsdale Ave. (Lou Rubin)

Hometown Coffee and Juice getting a new home in Hinsdale train station

By Chuck Fieldman

May 4, 2026 at 3:45 p.m.

Lou and Julie Rubin own Hometown Coffee & Juice, which they hope will open by...

Fashions are in the forefront in the 1920’s display at “A Walk Through Time,” a decade-by-decade history, at the La Grange Area Historical Society’s Samuel Vial House, May 14-Oct. 10. (Sarah Parkes)

La Grange Historical Socety offers ‘immersive’ Walk Through Time

By Myrna Petlicki

May 4, 2026 at 3:13 p.m.

Visitors can stroll down memory lane and glimpse life in the 1890s through the 1970s...

Clarendon Hills plaza foes mount symbolic effort to recall village officials

By Chuck Fieldman

May 4, 2026 at 1:46 p.m.

An online petition started by a Clarendon Hills resident calls for the village to adopt...

Chief union steward and Brookfield Zoo groundskeeper Carrie Sapienza, far right, leads a group of chanting and striking zoo workers on May 4, 2026, outside the zoo in Brookfield. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

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By Talia Soglin

May 4, 2026 at 12:14 p.m.

The Teamsters said all members of the zoo union, excluding those who specialize in caring...

Scott Mortenson, of Oak Park, prepares to cut down a tree with a chainsaw Thursday, April 30, at Old Plank Road Trail-Wolf Road Access in Mokena. Mortenson recently was named the Forest Preserve District of Will County's Volunteer of the Year. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Oak Park volunteer lauded for work with Will County’s forest preserves

By Cam'ron Hardy

May 4, 2026 at 11:28 a.m.

Oak Park resident Scott Mortenson was named the 2025 Volunteer of the Year by the...