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A volunteer walks past signs for migrants alerting them to free social services at the Migrant Center in Forest Park. (Jesse Wright/Pioneer Press)

Years later, migrants bused into Oak Park area still living in limbo

By Jesse Wright

October 13, 2026 at 5:05 a.m.

The border crisis landed in Chicago around Christmas in 2023. Shipped up from Texas, migrants...

Hinsdale Middle School is pictured in 2015. (Brett Johnson/Pioneer Press)

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills ranked among best k-12 schools in state

By Pioneer Press

October 12, 2026 at 5:06 p.m.

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 has been recognized as one of the state's premier public...

Tower Green in Western Springs will be the backdrop for a Get out the Vote Rally organized by Indivisible West Suburban Chicago from 1 to 2 p.m. Oct. 17. (Steve Metsch/Daily Southtown)

Grassroots group holding ‘get out the vote rally’ in Western Springs

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By Steve Metsch

October 12, 2026 at 4:57 p.m.

Indivisible West Suburban Chicago will encourage early voting at a rally from 1 to 2...

Brookfield resident Cassidy Monti, Jodie Velez of Downers Grove and Nathan Bell of Westchester, are featured in The La Grange Area Teen Theater ensemble’s production of Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility.” (Felicia Pfluger)

La Grange’s LATTE Theater updates Jane Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’

By Hank Beckman

July 15, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.

La Grange-based LATTE Theater will bring Jane Austen’s first novel to life in a stage...

The CITGO Lemont Refinery Leadership Team and MDA Planning Committee present a check for nearly $1.1 million dollars to Muscular Dystrophy Association Ambassadors. The refinery raised more than $1,000 million for the association this year. (CITGO Lemont Refinery)

Community news: Area events generate $1M for Muscular Dystrophy Association, more

By Melinda Moore

July 15, 2025 at 11:08 a.m.

News from around the community includes items from Lemont, Elmwood Park, Franklin Park, Oak Park,...

A spider monkeys rescued from wildlife trafficking moves in its new space as Brookfield Zoo Chicago opens its Bramsen Tropical Forests primate habitat to the public July 11, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Bachelor gorillas, endangered spider monkeys make debut with Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s new primate habitat

By Cam'ron Hardy

May 22, 2026 at 7:46 p.m.

The three-acre, $66 million Tropical Forests habitat opened Friday after more than two years of...

K9 Ozy, a six-year member of the Elmhurst Police Department, died in June after being diagnosed with a form of cancer. Along with his work in policing, he was also remembered for being a valuable member of the community. (City of Elmhurst)

Elmhurst K9 Ozy remembered as ‘very talented,’ ‘part of the community’

By Steve Metsch

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July 15, 2025 at 5:13 a.m.

A beloved member of the Elmhurst Police Department died suddenly last month, leaving a hole...

The Kids Running of the Bulls will be July 19 as part of the Hemingway Birthday Weekend presented by the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park. (Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park)

Children’s ‘running of the bulls’ highlights Hemingway Birthday Weekend in Oak Park

By Myrna Petlicki

July 14, 2025 at 3:04 p.m.

Three days of readings, musical performances and 'running of the bulls' planned for the Hemingway...

Oak Park and River Forest High School. (Wes Venteicher/baiduhai)

Oak Park and River Forest board fires teacher Aaron Podolner, who appeared in ‘America to Me’ documentary

By Bob Skolnik

July 11, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.

Longtime Oak Park and River Forest High School teacher Aaron Podolner was fired amid an...

La Grange Park resident Jimmy Zars, who has been selling bagels at area farmers markets, plans to open his first Jimmy's Bagels eatery in Nov. 2025. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange Park preparing to welcome new bagel shop to 31st Street

By Hank Beckman

July 11, 2025 at 5:01 p.m.

A La Grange Park resident who has been selling bagels at farmers markets is poised...

Oak Park resident Aaron McManus making a public comment July 1 during an Oak Park Village Board discussion of a potential addition to the village's Human Rights Ordinance that would protect gender affirming care. (Bob Skolnik/Pioneer Press)

Oak Park officials mull adding protections for gender affirming care

By Bob Skolnik

July 11, 2025 at 11:41 a.m.

The Oak Park Village Board is poised next month to add an article to its...

John McIlwain, left, executive director of the Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society, meets in June with with the grandson of Bernice and Herbert Chadwick, whose generosity continues to make an impact 30 years later. (Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society)

A 30-year-old mystery is resolved with a $150K grant to Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society

By Jesse Wright

July 11, 2025 at 11:42 a.m.

A six-figure donation the Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society received in June had...

Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon hosts a news conference to release the Clerk’s Office Transition Report and introduce a new smart ballot drop box on July 8, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Cook County clerk trying out a ‘smart’ ballot drop box for next election, expanding language access

By Sophie Levenson

July 8, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

New drop box features a surveillance camera to record who drops off ballots, an electronic...