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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

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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

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...

Petite Vie chef and owner Paul Virant on Feb. 13, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Restaurant review: Petite Vie by chef Paul Virant brings buttery French market priced potatoes near Chicago

By Louisa Kung Liu Chu

February 19, 2025 at 1:29 p.m.

The newest restaurant by the award-winning chef of Gaijin in the West Loop and Vistro...

Jonathon and Brianna Cowan, owner-operators of the Wooden Paddle restaurant in Lemont, speak to the La Grange Board of Trustees Feb. 10 about plans for their restaurant and banquet hall opening in early March at 23 W. Calendar Ave.” (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange OKs liquor licenses for new pizzaria, banquet hall featured on YouTube reality series

By Hank Beckman

February 16, 2025 at 11:32 a.m.

Wooden Paddle in Lemont is bringing its wood-fired pizza and a banquet hall specializing in...

U.S. Olympian Emery Lehman, right, stands with Oak Park and River Forest High School students Rory Hurt, left, and Patterson Grant on Feb. 13 after Lehman was presented the school's Tradition of Excellence award. (Bob Skolnik/Pioneer Press)

Oak Park and River Forest lauds Olympians, WWII hero, NATO leader with alumni awards

By Bob Skolnik

February 14, 2025 at 5:02 p.m.

Among the OPRF alumni given Tradition of Excellence awards were an Olympic medalist, a World...

Joe Dellacroce, owner of GP Italiano, prepares for the Valentine's Day crowd Friday, Feb. 14, at the restaurant in La Grange. He said La Grange Restaurant Week, which begins Feb. 27, "gives us a good push for the winter." (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange Restaurant Week offers post-Valentine’s Day business boost

By Hank Beckman

February 14, 2025 at 12:12 p.m.

La Grange Restaurant Week, which kicks of Feb. 27, is a great way to offer...

Oak Park and River Forest High School Principal Lynda Parker speaks during the Class of 2024 graduation in Oak Park on Sunday, May 26, 2024. She told the School Board Feb. 6 that officials are "addressing the root causes,” of disproportionate out-of-school suspension rates involving Black students there. (Trent Sprague/Pioneer Press)

Black students suspended at higher rate; Oak Park and River Forest officials blame ‘trauma’

By Bob Skolnik

February 11, 2025 at 2:21 p.m.

Oak Park and River Forest High School officials said the disproportionate rate of suspension of...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke makes an appearance Jan. 30, 2025, at the Union League Club. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Cook County prosecutors seek to unionize in first major drive in decades

By Talia Soglin

February 11, 2025 at 1:49 p.m.

A group of assistant state’s attorneys seeks voluntary recognition of a bargaining unit that would...

Sometimes, teaching STEM concepts such as genetics involves playing a role for Hinsdale Middle School teacher Kelly Pelak, left, with Samantha Tolbert, dressed as pea pods for a memorable read-aloud story about Gregor Mendel, the “father of genetics.” (Kelly Pelak)

Hinsdale Middle School teacher lauded with national STEM award
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By Chuck Fieldman

February 11, 2025 at 12:09 p.m.

Hinsdale Middle School teacher Kelly Pelak will receive $10,000 from the National Science Foundation and...

Julie Ryan McGue returns to the west suburbs Feb. 18 to sign copies of her new memoir, "Twice the Family: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Sisterhood" at Anderson's Bookshop in Downers Grove. (Books Forward)

Hinsdale native Julie McGue returns to bookshelves with second memoir

By Jesse Wright

February 11, 2025 at 11:29 a.m.

Julie Ryan McGue, who grew up in the western suburbs, is back with her third...

The Handel Week Festival is celebrating its 26th season of bringing together top musicians and singers to share the music of that beloved composer. (Handel Week Festival)

Oak Park’s Handel Week offers sacred, secular music and ‘virtuosic cantatas’

By Myrna Petlicki

February 11, 2025 at 5:24 a.m.

Concerts in Oak Park feature “the most unusual repertoire. Sometimes you’ll only hear those pieces...

Horn and percussion players with the Elmhurst University Jazz Band musicians rehearse ahead of the school’s 58th Annual Jazz Festival, which kicks off Feb. 20. (Graydon Megan/Pioneer Press)

Elmhurst University Jazz Festival unites musical masters with students over 4 days of concerts

By Graydon Megan

February 10, 2025 at 3:45 p.m.

The Elmhurst University Jazz Festival features acclaimed artists gathering with young musicians to explore and...