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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announces her 2027 budget proposal during a board meeting on Oct. 8, 2026. Preckwinkle’s said her proposal would close a $550 million preliminary gap. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Preckwinkle proposes stopgap fixes, shrinking budget to address Cook County’s $550M shortfall

By A.D. Quig

October 8, 2026 at 10:18 a.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will propose “sweeping the cupboards bare” to close a...

Alex Butekas brought his 1965 Pontiac Hearse at the West End Trunk-or-Treat Car Show Sunday, Oct. 4 along Burlington Avenue in La Grange. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange’s Trunk-or-Treat Car Show pays tribute to spooky season

By Hank Beckman

October 7, 2026 at 12:45 p.m.

Owners of La Grange clothing store Jack's West End drew over 50 classic vehicles to...

Teska Associates planner Andrew Dunham discusses development possibilities with resident Nina Adams Sept. 29 during a Western Springs Comprehensive Plan Open House at the village Recreation Center. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Western Springs working on village’s first comprehensive plan update since 2003

By Hank Beckman

October 8, 2026 at 1:39 p.m.

After almost a quarter century, the village of Western Springs is reviewing and updating its...

The corner of Homestead Road and Monroe Avenue in east La Grange Park has experienced severe flooding in recent years, but a planned project to help mitigate the problem may be delayed after contractor bids came in higher than anticipated. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange Park sewer separation project bids come in over $1 million more than expected

By Hank Beckman

September 14, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.

La Grange Park officials rejected all bids that came in from contractors for the planned...

Longtime La Grange resident and business owner Steve Palmer, speaks at a public forum Sept. 2 at La Grange Village Hall. Afterwards, Palmer was nominated for an open seat on the La Grange Village Board. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange appoints former pub owner Steve Palmer to Village Board post

By Hank Beckman

September 15, 2026 at 12:18 a.m.

Steve Palmer, former owner of Palmer Place, was nominated to replace departing Trustee Glenn Thompson...

Former Clarendon Hills Village Clerk Dawn Tandle swears in police detective Aaron Shirley to the rank of sergeant at a Village Board meeting in 2017. A referendum on the Nov. 3 ballot will ask Clarendon Hills voters if the village clerk position should become a post appointed by the mayor. (Chuck Fieldman/Pioneer Press)

Ballot item to ask Clarendon Hills voters if village clerk should become appointed position
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By Chuck Fieldman

September 14, 2026 at 10:33 a.m.

A referendum on changing the village clerk position in Clarendon Hills from an elected post...

Matt Cunningham, center, golfs with companions. Cunningham is Golf Committee chairman for the UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Foundation, which hosts its annual golf tournament Sept. 28 at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club in Lemont. (UChicago Medicine/AdventHealth)

Community news: Golf tourney to benefit area hospitals, La Grange film at Oak Park fest, and more

By Melinda Moore

September 14, 2026 at 9:48 a.m.

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

Oak Park and River Forest High School. (Pioneer Press)

Oak Park and River Forest High School board pushes for more diversity among staff, teachers

By Cam'ron Hardy

September 11, 2026 at 3:46 p.m.

Despite consistent trends in OPRF's demographic, there was a push for more diversity within the...

The Collaboration for Early Childhood building is pictured Thursday, Sept. 10. The Oak Park Village Board recently approved the renewal of an intergovernmental agreement that will fund the organization. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Oak Park, school districts renew agreement on Collaboration for Early Childhood

By Cam'ron Hardy

September 11, 2026 at 2:53 p.m.

An intergovernmental agreement to fund the Collaboration for Early Childhood from Oak Park, District 200...

Lyons Township Clerk Elyse Hoffenberg, right, smiles while listening to comments made during a meeting of the Lyons Township Board in Countryside on Sept. 8, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Lyons Township meeting gets rowdy following public release of video of two elected officials kissing in office

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By Jake Sheridan

September 9, 2026 at 8:23 p.m.

Two Democratic township officials clashed over a video that captured one in an after-hours office...

The Hinsdale Community Pool is pictured June 16, 2020. The Hinsdale Village Board approved funding for a new children’s activity pool at the facility, replacing one that was last renovated in 1992. (Pioneer Press)

Hinsdale OKs new $1.4 million children’s activity pool

By Chuck Fieldman

September 9, 2026 at 5:07 a.m.

Hinsdale will be adding a new children’s activity pool to the Hinsdale Community Pool, allocating...

“Bad Blood” by artist Rodney Ewing, silkscreen, ink, and colored pencil on paper, is part of the exhibit “A Revolution of Values” at the Elmhurst Art Museum. (Elmhurst Art Museum)

Elmhurst Art Museum hands reins over to veterans for Revolution of Values exhibit

By Myrna Petlicki

September 5, 2026 at 5:10 a.m.

A Revolution of Values, a group exhibition at the Elmhurst Art Museum, is part of...

Sue Mladenik holds a photo of her husband, Jeffrey Mladenik, in her home in Sugar Grove on Aug. 20, 2026. Jeffrey was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11, and was killed when his plane was hijacked by terrorists and struck the World Trade Center's north yower on Sept. 11, 2001. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Local victims and heroes of 9/11 remembered 25 years later: ‘The best part of me was gone … forever’

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

September 5, 2026 at 7:19 a.m.

One local widow wants the world to honor the 2,977 killed, including her husband, a...