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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...

Chef Manuel “Manny” Uribe, right, and his students at Triton College in River Grove prepared 1,000 Thanksgiving meals for local families and students before the holiday. (Triton College)

Community news: Triton hospitality program makes 1,000 meals for students, pantries

By Melinda Moore

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December 8, 2025 at 2:21 p.m.

News from around the community includes items from River Grove, Hinsdale, Lisle, La Grange, Elmhurst...

Alpha Refinery, a clinic for men, has opened in Hinsdale. (Alpha Refinery)

New mens clinic in Hinsdale opens to address ‘hormonal and metabolic changes’

By Chuck Fieldman

December 8, 2025 at 12:36 p.m.

New Alpha Refinery mens clinic opens in Hinsdale to address clients' "hormonal and metabolic changes."

The sounds of the Oriana Singers, City Voices and Pro Musica Youth Chorus will echo through the First United Methodist Church in Oak Park for the 20th edition of Sing We Joyous, under the direction of William Chin. (City Voices)

Sing We Joyous to bring 3 vocal groups together in Oak Park for holiday event’s 20th anniversary

By Myrna Petlicki

December 3, 2025 at 1:58 p.m.

A beloved holiday tradition continues with the 20th anniversary performance of Sing We Joyous at...

Jake Thies’ interception is one more moment to remember for a ‘great player’ as Fenwick wins 6A state title

By Paul Johnson

December 3, 2025 at 11:14 a.m.

After scoring twice, Jake Thies makes an interception that all but seals Fenwick's 38-28 win...

Tina Rounds, CEO of BEDS Plus, explains the challenges in implementing affordable housing during a recent League of Women Voters forum in La Grange. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange Area League of Women Voters forum: Affordable housing could help pump cash into economy

By Hank Beckman

December 2, 2025 at 3:56 p.m.

Affordable housing can affect the area's economy according to a speaker at a recent La...

Community news: La Grange’s St. Cletus volunteers distribute 300 turkeys on Thanksgiving

By Melinda Moore

December 3, 2025 at 11:33 a.m.

News from around the community includes items from La Grange, Triton College, Darien, Hinsdale, Western...

Roosevelt at Salt Creek resident Bobbi Cucco watches Tam Wagner, Roosevelt's executive director, lift Lexi the cat out of her baby carriage during a Hinsdale Humane Society pet adoption event at the retirement community in Elmhurst. (Jesse Wright/Pioneer Press)

Pet adoption event pairs older residents with older animals from Hinsdale Humane Society

By Jesse Wright

December 2, 2025 at 2:23 p.m.

Bobbi Cucco is nearly 90 years old, and she’s got a plan for the future....

Diane and Dave Ruhl, of Oak Park, acquired an aluminum Christmas tree, the kind popular back in the 1960s, as they prepared their home to be featured on the Holiday House Walk for the Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society. Their ranch, built in 1965, was owned by mobster Charlie English. (Steve Metsch/Pioneer Press)

‘Midcentury mobster’ home among 4 featured on Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society Holiday House Walk

By Steve Metsch

December 2, 2025 at 1:46 p.m.

An Oak Park home once owned by mobster Chuckie English is featured in the Oak...

The Clarendon Hills Public Library is surveying residents for programming ideas. (Pioneer Press)

Clarendon Hills gets its first poet laureate in two-year post

By Chuck Fieldman

December 2, 2025 at 10:54 a.m.

Clarendon Hills resident David W. Berner has been named as the village's first poet laureate.

Workers from A&B Tree Service move a large blue spruce tree from La Grange resident Diane Novak's yard to serve as the village's 2025 Holiday Tree. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange resident donates towering blue spruce for Holiday Tree
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By Hank Beckman

December 1, 2025 at 5:02 p.m.

La Grange's Holiday Tree will light up for the first time Dec. 6 when Santa...