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The Damen Green Line Station in Chicago on Oct. 9, 2026, following a fatal stabbing of a CTA employee. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Fatal Green Line stabbing prompts call by State’s Attorney Burke for electronic monitoring reform

By Tess Kenny

October 13, 2026 at 5:38 p.m.

Last week’s fatal Green Line stabbing has renewed calls for electronic monitoring reform.

Officials take part in a ceremonial groundbreaking for the final phase of the Arboretum Villas at Plymouth Place Center for Senior Living on Oct. 7 in La Grange Park. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Plymouth Place breaks ground on new senior housing units in La Grange Park

By Hank Beckman

October 13, 2026 at 11:21 a.m.

Officials broke ground on the final phase of the Arboretum Villas at Plymouth Place Center...

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...

La Grange Park Finance Committee Chair Bob Lautner introduces the 2025-2026 operating budget at the Village Board meeting April 22, 2025, at the La Grange Park Village Hall. (Hank Beckman/for Pioneer Press)

La Grange Park trustees OK budget with $671,780 deficit

By Hank Beckman

April 28, 2025 at 6:37 p.m.

The La Grange Park Village Board voted unanimously April 22 to approve an operating budget...

A truck passes by the railyard at Franklin Avenue and Wolf Road April 18, 2025, in Franklin Park. Franklin Avenue is under construction as part of a larger project to ease traffic in a major traffic area. (Jesse Wright/for Pioneer Press)

Ambitious Franklin Avenue, Green Street project aims to improve O’Hare transportation
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By Jesse Wright

April 24, 2025 at 1:02 p.m.

Construction will begin this spring to expand Franklin Avenue, which stretches from Runge Street in...

La Grange Park residents examine different ideas April 23, 2025, at the village’s Traffic Safety Improvement Program open house. (Hank Beckman/for Pioneer Press)

La Grange Park residents seek lower speed limit on La Grange Road; officials to lobby in Springfield

By Hank Beckman

April 24, 2025 at 11:53 a.m.

About 75 La Grange Park residents gave input on a Traffic Safety Improvement Project and...

Valerie Kuhn Reid, who grew up in Clarendon Hills, has written “One Stop West of Hinsdale,” a book about her experiences. (Valerie Kuhn Reid)

Clarendon Hills native shares stories of growing up during the 1950s in ‘One Stop West of Hinsdale’

By Chuck Fieldman

April 28, 2025 at 6:48 p.m.

Valerie Kuhn Reid’s book is about the childhood turbulence she experienced while living in Clarendon...

Jay Kurnitz, played by Jodie Velez and his Uncle Louie, played by Jimmy Knapp, in the La Grange Area Teen Theatre presentation of Neil Simon’s "Lost In Yonkers." (Felicia Pfluger)

La Grange Area Teen Theatre presents quirky family drama ‘Lost in Yonkers’

By Hank Beckman

April 22, 2025 at 12:05 p.m.

The La Grange Area Teen Theatre spring play will be “Lost in Yonkers,” the Pulitzer...

Over 8,000 people attend the annual Art in Wilder Park, produced by the Elmhurst Art Museum, in partnership with the Elmhurst Park District. (Elmhurst Art Museum)

Elmhurst’s Art in Wilder Park to showcase new sculptures by Bernard Williams

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By Myrna Petlicki

April 22, 2025 at 10:58 a.m.

Thousands expected for Art in Wilder Park presented by the Elmhurst Art Museum, this year...

Kristin Cummings, principal of Prospect School in Clarendon Hills, is honored as a finalist for the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership during a ceremony at the Q Center in St. Charles. (The Golden Apple Foundation)

Community news: Golden Apple honor for area principal, car show in River Grove, more

By Melinda Moore

April 23, 2025 at 4:19 p.m.

News from west suburban communities includes items from Clarendon Hills, River Grove, Hinsdale, Elmhurst and...

Family, friends and supporters of Morgan Sayre and Jay Ruban join the couple as the cut the ribbon April 18 for Root Rehab Physical Therapy in La Grange. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Door-to-door physical therapist celebrates opening first clinic in La Grange

By Hank Beckman

April 21, 2025 at 4:56 p.m.

The grand opening and ribbon cutting of Root Rehab Physical Therapy in La Grange attracted...

April 16: A police dog sniffs newly arriving detainees in an underground tunnel at Cook County. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

With Cook County Jail’s population again on the rise, officials weigh the reasons

By Madeline Buckley

April 20, 2025 at 6:55 p.m.

After a decline following statewide bail reform — and years of reductions prior to that...

Triton College alumni, from left, Nicholas Steker, Madonna Fantetti Slepicka, Michele Fiore and Albin Lechowski hold plaques during an April 11 ceremony where they were inducted into the college's Alumni Wall of Fame. (Triton College)

Four Triton College grads lauded on Alumni Wall of Fame

By C.R. Walker

April 21, 2025 at 1:57 p.m.

Nicholas Steker, Michele Fiore, Madonna Fantetti Slepicka and Albin Lechowski received the recognition for making...