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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...

La Grange deputy village manager Charity Jones discusses the details of La Grange’s purchase of three properties meant to facilitate parking in the village's West End. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange purchases parking lots in effort to boost village’s West End

By Hank Beckman

March 2, 2026 at 5:14 p.m.

La Grange officials took a step toward potentially easing the village's parking crunch after buying...

New Western Springs Troop 12 Eagle Scouts, from left, Quinn Robinson, Aaron Rothman, JJ Svelnis, John Pogue, Luke Gough, Tyler Gantt and Lachlan Gantt gather Feb. 21 during a ceremony at First Congregational Church in Western Springs. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Western Springs Scout troop celebrates centennial with seven new Eagle Scouts

By Hank Beckman

March 2, 2026 at 3:58 p.m.

Western Springs Boy Scout Troop 12 celebrated its 100th anniversary by elevating seven members to...

Don’t wait until the March 17 primary election to mail your ballots, cautions Barbara Lamb, co-president of the League of Women Voters of the La Grange Area. She suggests mailing by March 10 or having them manually postmarked by a postal service employee. (Steve Metsch/Pioneer Press)

La Grange League of Women Voters urge mailed ballots be sent early

By Steve Metsch

March 2, 2026 at 2:33 p.m.

If you plan to vote by mail in the March 17 primary election, don’t delay,...

Elmhurst native Andrew Scoville, talks with the cast of David Byrne’s “Theater of the Mind,” which opens March 11 at Goodman Theatre in Chicago. (Boris Martin)

Elmhurst native Andrew Scoville returns to Chicago to direct David Byrne’s ‘Theater of the Mind’

By Myrna Petlicki

March 2, 2026 at 12:50 p.m.

Elmhurst native Andrew Scoville returns to Chicago to direct David Byrne's 'Theater of the Mind'...

The Sloan Triangle area of Clarendon Hills is set up for a downtown watch party for the Clarendon Hills Little League Aug. 16, 2025. The area will be part of a new downtown district. (Brett Johnson/Pioneer Press)

Clarendon Hills Historical Society weighs in on downtown plan
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By Chuck Fieldman

March 2, 2026 at 12:07 p.m.

The Clarendon Hills Historical Society is speaking out strongly against removal of the Sloan Triangle...

Dean Winnick, 14, hits the airwaves with his own show on WRRG, the noncommercial radio station at Triton College in River Grove. (Triton College)

Community news: Triton radio station celebrates young DJ, gas bill grants available, and more

By Melinda Moore

March 2, 2026 at 10:33 a.m.

News from the community includes items from Triton College, Franklin Park, Oak Park, River Forest...

A monk parakeet sits in a tree in the Englewood neighborhood, March 1, 2026 in Chicago. While they are not native to North America, monk parakeets are often seen in Hyde Park and other South Side neighborhoods. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Tiny, raucous monk parakeets from South America thrive in Chicago. But why?

By Adriana Pérez

March 2, 2026 at 10:35 a.m.

Likely escapees of the exotic pet trade, the birds first put down roots in some...

A lion statue stands at Brookfield Zoo Chicago on June 18, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Melissa Etheridge, Blues Traveler, Nelly to perform at Brookfield Zoo Chicago summer concert series

By Saleema Syed

February 24, 2026 at 1:54 p.m.

Tickets go on sale Friday for the June and July shows, which are part of...

Jack McMullen, left, a 2016 Oak Park and River Forest High School graduate, prepares with producer and pregame host Stephen Strom for a game as the play-by-play announcer for the Miami Marlins Radio Network. (Jack McMullen)

Oak Park and River Forest alum Jack McMullen gearing up for year 2 as voice of Florida Marlins

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By C.R. Walker

February 24, 2026 at 5:01 a.m.

Jack McMullen, a 2016 Oak Park and River Forest graduate, is at Spring Training in...

The Elmhurst University Jazz Band is one of over 40 student bands that will perform and be adjudicated by professional jazz musicians at the Elmhurst University Jazz Festival, Feb. 26-March 1. (Sarah Nader)

Elmhurst Jazz Festival features over 40 bands over four days

By Myrna Petlicki

February 23, 2026 at 3:59 p.m.

Nearly 40 student jazz bands will have a chance to perform and be critiqued by...