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Bounce houses attract fun seekers at Hinsdale's annual Fall Family Festival held at Robbins Park in 2021. The festival, and bounce houses, will return Oct. 24 at Hinsdale Middle School and downtown Hinsdale. (James C. Svehla/Pioneer Press)

Bounce houses, free pumpkins and other seasonal fun return for Hinsdale Family Fall Festival

By Chuck Fieldman

October 14, 2026 at 2:40 p.m.

Hinsdale's Family Fall Festival typically attracts more than 500 people, and both residents and nonresidents...

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.

Eileen O’Neill Burke, the Democratic candidate for Cook County state’s attorney, hugs Ald. Pat Dowell while declaring victory on election night on Nov. 5, 2024, at Moe’s Cantina in River North. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Eileen O’Neill Burke pledges to ‘make Cook County safer’ as state’s attorney

By A.D. Quig

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November 6, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.

Democrat Eileen O'Neill Burke declared victory over Republican candidate Bob Fioretti less than two hours...

Chef Jean Joho opened Everest in 1986, launching an unbroken string of four-star accolades along with a string of successful alumni chefs who worked there. This week, some will return to pay tribute to Joho at a sold out event at Petite Vie in Western Springs. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chef alumni of Everest to gather in Western Springs for ‘love letter’ to Jean Joho

By Chuck Fieldman

November 5, 2024 at 1:33 p.m.

Chef Paul Virant is joining kitchen luminaries who worked at Everest for a tribute to...

Students work in Triton College’s Respiratory Care lab in River Grove. The college recently relaunched its Respiratory Therapy program with help from a state grant. (Triton College)

Triton College relaunches respiratory therapy program

By Jesse Wright

November 5, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.

“There’s a national shortage of respiratory therapists,” officials at the college said.

LTHS Board President Jill Grech addresses fellow board members Monday. (Jesse Wright/Pioneer Press)

Lyons Township School Board to release closed session recordings

By Jesse Wright

November 5, 2024 at 11:03 a.m.

The Lyons Township High School Board was cited by the state for improperly discussing a...

La Grange Village President Mark Kuchler speaks last week at the La Grange Business Association’s State of La Grange lunch at Plymouth Place. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Officials tout business growth, community spirit in La Grange

By Hank Beckman

November 5, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.

The La Grange Business Association's annual State of La Grange lunch welcomes 20 new businesses...

La Grange Park resident Parker Larson, right, as Ponyboy Curtis, sits with Isi Kowalchuk, of Willowbrook, who plays Cherry Valance in the LATTE production of “The Outsiders.” (Felicia Pfluger)

LATTE production channels universal feeling of ‘being an outsider’
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By Hank Beckman

November 4, 2024 at 3:07 p.m.

The La Grange Area Teen Theater Ensemble's fall production will feature S.E. Hinton's story of...

Opponents liken La Grange planning proposal to redlining

By Hank Beckman

November 4, 2024 at 2:22 p.m.

La Grange's proposed Comprehensive Plan would allow larger apartment buildings, which would affect diversity in...

Republican Bob Fioretti and Democrat Eileen O'Neill Burke are the main candidates running to take over as Cook County state's attorney. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

In ‘weird’ Cook County state’s attorney’s race, O’Neill Burke — who progressives called a ‘de facto’ Republican — looking to defeat GOPer Fioretti

By A.D. Quig

October 30, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The top race in Cook County has not generated mass mailings, broadcast commercials or even...

In this Oct. 30, 2008, file photo, an Electric Time Company employee adjusts the color on a clock at the plant in Medfield, Mass., days before the switch to standard time. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Area group leading charge against time change, calling daylight saving time ‘harmful’

By Chuck Fieldman

October 29, 2024 at 11:01 a.m.

The Coalition for Permanent Standard Time in Darien says permanent standard time would provide long...

Defendants and former Cook County assistant state's attorneys, Nicholas Trutenko, right, and Andrew Horvat sit on a bench behind their attorneys during their misconduct trial at the courthouse in Rolling Meadows on Oct. 24, 2024. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

‘A mutual combat situation’: Trial for former Cook County assistant state’s attorneys gets contentious as prosecutors allege wrongdoing

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By Madeline Buckley

October 28, 2024 at 2:55 p.m.

The trial for Nick Trutenko and Andrew Horvat, former Cook County assistant state’s attorneys, now...