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A student interacts with the Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System at Oak Park and River Forest High School on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Oak Park and River Forest High School students get hands-on experience with robot surgical device

By Cam'ron Hardy

October 14, 2026 at 5:04 a.m.

Oak Park and River Forest High School students had a unique opportunity to interact with...

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
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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...

Eight candidates are running for four seats on the Oak Park Public Library Board in the April 1 election. (Pioneer Press file)

Director’s firing a year ago still resonates in Oak Park Library Board race

By Bob Skolnik

March 21, 2025 at 11:29 a.m.

The controversial firing last year of the Oak Park Public Library director is reverberating in...

Western Springs officials have placed a $45 million bond referendum on the April 1 ballot in an effort to fund infrastructure improvements. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

$45 million bond issue in Western Springs would fund infrastructure projects

By Hank Beckman

March 20, 2025 at 1:20 p.m.

Western Springs officials hope to address aging infrastructure such as sewers, water mains, roadways, sidewalks...

Flanked by colleagues Jamie Zaura and Robert Lautner, La Grange Park Trustee Jermaine Stewart introduces the final version of the Village’s Branding and Identity plan during a March 11 Village Board meeting where the plan received final approval. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange Park OKs new logo, ‘Branding and Identity’ initiative

By Hank Beckman

March 18, 2025 at 1:34 p.m.

A recently approved rebranding plan in La Grange Park calls for improved entryways, signage, street...

Candidates in contested Elmhurst City Council ward races took part in a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Elmhurst on Jan. 26, including, from left, Jacob Hill and Kevin Kirby for Ward 2; Mike Baker and Bobby Fontana for Ward 4; and Adam Park and Dan Virgil for Ward 5. (Graydon Megan/Pioneer Press)

Elmhurst alderman races focus on water rates, economic development

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By Graydon Megan

March 21, 2025 at 11:33 a.m.

Voters in three wards in Elmhurst have choices in contested alderman races in the April...

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

Divisions clear in heated Oak Park and River Forest School Board race

By Bob Skolnik

March 18, 2025 at 12:03 p.m.

There are clear philosophical and ideological distinctions in the heated Oak Park and River Forest...

“The MisCast Cabaret” cast gathers in a circle to rehearse their group numbers from the Theatre of Western Springs’ benefit production for their theater and Theatre Palisades, a community theater in California whose space was destroyed by wildfires. (Theatre of Western Springs)

‘MisCast’ or not, performers to raise funds for theater destroyed in California wildfires

By Myrna Petlicki

March 18, 2025 at 10:59 a.m.

Theatre of Western Springs’ production of “The MisCast Cabaret” raising money for fire damaged Theatre...

Hinsdale South junior Callie Carr finished a 39-0 season with a state girls wrestling championship. In her first two years wrestling, she was the school's lone female wrestler before it fielded its first team this year. (Carr family)

Trailblazing Hinsdale South wrestler Callie Carr takes state title

By Chuck Fieldman

March 17, 2025 at 5:12 p.m.

Hinsdale South wrestler Callie Carr finished with a perfect 39-0 record, which was capped off...

Nazareth alumni Michael Spidale fields a ball during a 2011 game for the Triple A Phillies in Pennsylvania. Spidale will return to La Grange Park as his Nazareth jersey number is retired by the school during an April 8 ceremony. (Rob Kandel/The Morning Call)

Nazareth Academy to retire baseball star Spidale’s jersey number

By Chuck Fieldman

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March 18, 2025 at 2:12 p.m.

Baseball star Michael Spidale's jersey will be only the third ever retired by Nazareth Academy...

Cook County Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle attends the Democratic Party of Illinois’ second annual gala fundraiser at the Field Museum on Sept. 27, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Cook County’s Democratic incumbents plant flags for 2026 re-election bids

By A.D. Quig

March 17, 2025 at 5:08 p.m.

Toni Preckwinkle, Sheriff Tom Dart, Treasurer Maria Pappas and Assessor Fritz Kaegi have all declared...

Performers will reach new heights at the Triton Troupers Circus, April 10-13, at Triton College in River Grove. (Anna Cillian)

‘Everyday neighbors performing death-defying feats’ at Triton circus

By Myrna Petlicki

March 17, 2025 at 2:39 p.m.

Triton College’s Triton Troupers Circus features performers who have been learning circus arts at the...