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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 12, 2026 at 10:46 a.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...

Jamie Hollock, finance director for the Park District of La Grange, explains this year’s tax levy during a meeting of the Park District of La Grange Board of Commissioners. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange Park District, village of La Grange Park to OK tax levies

By Hank Beckman

November 20, 2025 at 5:23 p.m.

Taxpayers in La Grange Park and the Park District of La Grange are expected to...

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Young Men's Service League members Logan Douglass, left, and Miles Johnson volunteer recently during a Saturday Meals Program. (Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills YMSL)

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills moms, sons form Young Men’s Service League and build bonds along the way

By Chuck Fieldman

November 20, 2025 at 1:05 p.m.

A new Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills chapter of the Young Men’s Service League, has brought about 175...

The Cernan Earth and Space Center has programed a slate of holiday activities timed for winter fun, officials said. (Jeff Krage/Pioneer Press)

Cernan Earth and Space Center sets holiday slate of space-related fun

By Myrna Petlicki

November 20, 2025 at 11:36 a.m.

Cernan Earth and Space Center at Triton College in River Grove has a full slate...

Katy Boehm has been named to the seat on the Leyden Township High School District 212 board once held by her mother, the late Sandra Boehm. (School District 212)

Late Leyden School Board member Sandra Boehm’s daughter steps in to fulfill term

By Jesse Wright

November 19, 2025 at 5:02 p.m.

Katy Boehm will fill the role her mother, the late Sandra Boehm, once held on...

Staff at West Leyden High School are among Leyden High School District 212’s more than 600 professionals being celebrated this week. (Leyden High School District 212)

Community news: Leyden school staffers honored, Infant Welfare Society fundraiser, more

By Melinda Moore

November 18, 2025 at 1:49 p.m.

News from around the community includes items from Leyden High School District 212, Darien, Oak...

Triton College in River Grove will compete for the national Aspen Institute’s 2027 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. (Pioneer Press)

Triton College in running for 2027 Aspen Prize, $1 million award
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By Jesse Wright

November 18, 2025 at 1:33 p.m.

Triton College in River Grove will compete for the national Aspen Institute’s 2027 Aspen Prize...

A new speed limit sign is posted at LaGrange Road and 31st Street at the entrance to La Grange Park after Illinois Department of Transportation officials agreed to lower the speed limit in the village. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange Park convinces IDOT to reduce speed limit along LaGrange Road

By Hank Beckman

November 18, 2025 at 12:54 p.m.

La Grange Park’s Take Five effort helped convince the Illinois Department of Transportation to lower...

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 educators said its new StarLab brings an immersive planetarium experience to students by projecting the night sky, planets and other astronomical and scientific concepts onto the inner surface of a dome. (School District 181)

StarLab lands at Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills schools to offer kids a chance to see the night sky

By Chuck Fieldman

November 18, 2025 at 11:20 a.m.

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 has brought a taste of outer space into its schools...

Graceful dancers, beautiful costumes, and stunning sets are a few of the reasons that the Salt Creek Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” has been drawing crowds for 39 years. (Keith Gerling)

Salt Creek Ballet brings its 39th annual performance of ‘The Nutcracker’ to Hinsdale

By Myrna Petlicki

November 17, 2025 at 3:47 p.m.

Salt Creek Ballet's 39th annual production of "The Nutcracker," will be performed at Hinsdale Central...

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who is running for the U.S. Senate, speaks Saturday, Nov. 8, at a meeting of the Democratic Party of Oak Park at the main branch of the Oak Park Public Library. (Bob Skolnik/Pioneer Press)

Senate candidate Raja Krishnamoorthi makes his pitch to Oak Park Democrats

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By Bob Skolnik

November 11, 2025 at 3:24 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi spoke to the Democratic Party of Oak Park at the Oak...