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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

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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

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...

Tthe Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Henderson house in Elmhurst is featured on an extended, add-on tour associated with the Wright Plus 2025 housewalk event in May. (Graydon Megan/Pioneer Press)

Lineup set for Oak Park’s Wright Plus house tour, including some featured for first time

By Graydon Megan

January 24, 2025 at 12:06 p.m.

Four homes that have never been featured on the Wright Plus home tour will be...

The Cook County assessor's office under Joseph Berrios shown on May 24, 2017. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Former assessor’s office director pleads guilty to bribery charges

By Caroline Kubzansky

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January 22, 2025 at 9:43 p.m.

A former high-ranking director in then-Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios’ office pleaded guilty Wednesday to...

Parents watch a Little League baseball game July 1, 2019 at Keystone Park in River Forest. Youth sports advocates were among the opponents of a plan to allow Dominican University’s women’s softball team to use a field at the park for its home games. (Steve Schering/Pioneer Press)

Dominican University softball field deal in River Forest unlikely ‘anytime soon’

By Bob Skolnik

January 21, 2025 at 1:54 p.m.

The future of a proposed agreement for Dominican University’s women’s softball to use a field...

Andrea Slivka, chef and owner of Happier Now Cafe in La Grange Park, displays one of the soups that she plans to serve Feb. 2 at the BEDS Plus Soup and Bread fundraiser. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

BEDS Plus fundraiser harnesses ‘a great array of different soups’ to fight homelessness

By Hank Beckman

January 21, 2025 at 12:13 p.m.

Last year's BEDS Plus Soup and Bread fundraiser drew 1,000 people to sample soups, and...

Members of the A Cappella choir at Oak Park and River Forest High School rehears in advance of their upcoming performance in Peoria as part of the Illinois Music Education Conference. The group was one of just six high school choirs in the state chosen to perform. (Oak Park and River Forest High School)

Oak Park and River Forest musicians set school record with IMEA selections

By Bob Skolnik

January 18, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

A school record 22 student musicians from Oak Park and River Forest High School made...

A midday fire Friday damaged an apartment on the first floor of a building in the 900 block of South 8th Avenue. Officials said no people were hurt in the blaze, which was quickly extinguished. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Apartment fire in La Grange draws large response Friday

By Hank Beckman

January 17, 2025 at 4:20 p.m.

No injuries were reported as a fire broke out late Friday morning in a first...

A Metra train approaches Grand Avenue near 76th Avenue in Elmwood Park on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. (Jose M. Osorio/ baiduhai)

Grand Avenue underpass plan gets $13 million federal boost in Elmwood Park

By Chuck Fieldman

January 17, 2025 at 3:29 p.m.

A $13M federal grant "provides momentum" for a grade separation plan at Grand Avenue and...

New La Grange police Officer Branden Ochoa is sworn in by Village Clerk Paul Saladino during a Jan. 13 Village Board Meeting. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange brings police force to full strength with officer hire, squad car purchases

By Hank Beckman

January 17, 2025 at 2:30 p.m.

La Grange hired a new police officer and purchased two new vehicles, bringing the force...

Dave Godek was sworn in as the new Clarendon Hills Fire Chief at the Jan. 13 Village Board meeting. (Village of Clarendon Hills)

Clarendon Hills moves to settle fire chief position

By Chuck Fieldman

January 17, 2025 at 1:55 p.m.

Deputy chief Dave Godek, who' been acting chief following the short tenure of Michael Korzen,...

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele enters the Daley Center on Dec. 27, 2024, for her initial court appearance for her DUI arrest in Chicago on Nov. 10, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Cook County Board pays $180,000 settlement involving Board of Review commissioner

By A.D. Quig

January 16, 2025 at 4:03 p.m.

Frank Calabrese, a former assessment analyst and communications director for Board of Review commissioner Samantha...