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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

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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...

Over 8,000 people typically attend the annual Art in Wilder Park, produced by the Elmhurst Art Museum, in partnership with the Elmhurst Park District. This year's event will feature a new Emerging Artists Pavilion. (Elmhurst Art Museum)

Elmhurst’s Art in the Park adds effort to help get new artists established

By Myrna Petlicki

April 13, 2026 at 10:01 a.m.

Elmhurst Art Museum’s annual Art in Wilder Park is adding a new attraction in May:...

A child plays in 2016 on new equipment at Longfellow Park in Oak Park. That equipment is being donated to the nonprofit Kids Around the World, which will refurbish it and install it elsewhere, as Longfellow is getting two new playgrounds as part of a $2.4 million renovation project. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Expanded pickleball, age appropriate playgrounds coming to Oak Park’s Longfellow Park this fall

By Cam'ron Hardy

April 8, 2026 at 11:15 a.m.

Longfellow Park in Oak Park was last updated in 2016, and will now have pickleball...

About 50 people gathered Monday, April 6, at the Oak Park Public Library to discuss the closing of West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park. (Cam'ron Hardy/ Pioneer Press)

Community gathers in Oak Park to process closure of West Suburban Medical Center

By Cam'ron Hardy

April 7, 2026 at 4:37 p.m.

Residents, former staff and officials discussed healthcare needs and the potential reopening of West Suburban...

A biohazard sign marks an area at Oak Park Village Hall on Friday, April 3, where medical sharps are accepted for disposal if they are properly packaged. (Cam'ron Hardy/ Pioneer Press)

Oak Park expands options for people to properly dispose medical sharps

By Cam'ron Hardy

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April 7, 2026 at 5:03 a.m.

Syringes, autoinjectors, lancets and infusion sets are among the items now being accepted when packaged...

The Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest, shown performing at Chicago Symphony Center, will present a concert April 19 at Concordia University in River Forest. (Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest)

Community news: Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest highlights CSO trombonist, more

By Melinda Moore

April 6, 2026 at 4:13 p.m.

News from the community includes items from Oak Park, River Forest, Hinsdale, River Grove, Elmhurst...

lates are lined up in the kitchen in 2018 at Country House in Clarendon Hills, which is among the restaurants participating in the village's upcoming Restaurant Week promotion. (Chuck Fieldman/Pioneer Press)

Clarendon Hills Restaurant Week begins Thursday at 9 area eateries

By Chuck Fieldman

April 6, 2026 at 3:46 p.m.

The second annual Clarendon Hills Restaurant Week runs Thursday through April 19, with nine village...

La Grange recently purchased parcels along Stone and Brainerd Avenues that are possible sites of future affordable housing, a hot-button issue in the village. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange proposal for affordable housing task force meets resistance from mayor

By Hank Beckman

April 10, 2026 at 12:02 p.m.

La Grange trustees plan to take a detailed look at a proposal to create an...

Linda Poggensee, of La Grange, pauses for a photo March 1 at the finish line of the Tokyo Marathon. It was the culmination of a 6-month effort that started when she broke her leg during the Chicago Marathon in October. (Bob Poggensee)

La Grange runner completes Tokyo Marathon months after breaking femur at Chicago Marathon

By Jim Dudlicek

April 5, 2026 at 5:16 a.m.

Linda Poggensee of La Grange broke her femur during the Chicago Marathon, but wasn't going...

Longtime Oak Park resident Faith Julian, whose family was among the first to integrate the village in the 1950s, died last month at age 82. (Julian family)

Faith Julian, whose family helped integrate Oak Park, remembered as ‘kind and generous’

By Cam'ron Hardy

April 3, 2026 at 2:14 p.m.

Faith Julian, whose family was among the first to integrate Oak Park in the 1950s,...

Workers clear damaged vehicles from the scene of a crash Friday morning along Harlem Avenue in Oak Park. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

One dead after vehicle crashes into bus in Oak Park, 11 others injured

By Cam'ron Hardy

April 3, 2026 at 5:28 p.m.

Police said the driver of a passenger vehicle that crashed into a bus along Harlem...