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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

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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.

Members of the La Grange Park Police Department serve up a variety of burgers during a benefit event Saturday for Special Olympics at Posto 31 restaurant. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

‘Pineapple pursuit’ burger takes top prize as cops become cooks for a cause

By Hank Beckman

September 23, 2024 at 2:44 p.m.

Members of the La Grange Park Police Department served up a variety of burgers on...

La Grange Area Historical Society President Katherine Padgett serves up her Alien Roswell chili at the La Grange Park Chamber of Commerce’s annual chili cook-off Sept. 19, 2024. The chili took second place. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

La Grange Park Chamber determines best chili in annual cook-off

By Hank Beckman

September 20, 2024 at 4:49 p.m.

Scott Parkins representing Ace Hardware and Central Federal Savings and Loan was the first place...

Participants learn to salsa dance at last year's Party for the Preserves at Thatcher Woods in River Forest, part of a wider celebration of National Public Lands Day. (Forest Preserves of Cook County)

Salsa dance party highlights Public Lands Day events

By Jesse Wright

September 23, 2024 at 3:46 p.m.

The Forest Preserves of Cook County is marking National Public Lands Day with a Salsa...

A veterans resource fair is scheduled for Oct. 2 at the Robert Coulter Jr. American Legion Post 1941, 900 S. La Grange Rd. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Veterans Resource Fair returns to La Grange American Legion post

By Hank Beckman

September 18, 2024 at 3:42 p.m.

After a successful initial event last spring, agencies are coming together again in October in...

La Grange Business Association Executive Director Cathy Domanico, right, and Erin Molek, BEDS Plus development manager, discuss trends in volunteerism during the Volunteer Fair last week at the La Grange Public Library. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Faced with growing demand for services, agencies issue call for volunteers

By Hank Beckman

September 17, 2024 at 5:09 a.m.

The La Grange Area Business Association tried to get the word out via a volunteer...

The Heritage Center in Indian Head Park, which houses a volunteer-run public library is pictured in 2014. (Kimberly Fornek/Pioneer Press)

Library building in Indian Head Park faces demolition threat

By Chuck Fieldman

September 16, 2024 at 2:58 p.m.

The Indian Head Park Heritage Center, a 150-year-old building that is home to the village's...

A guest holds a pumpkin at a previous Fall Festival at Harvest Tyme Family Farm in Lowell, Indiana. The annual event features pumpkins, a corn maze and a nighttime pumpkin glow trail. (Courtesy: Smith Donovan)

Pumpkin farms, apple orchards offering bountiful pickings and more
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By Annie Alleman

September 16, 2024 at 10:12 a.m.

The leaves are red, the pumpkins are orange and the corn is tall. We have...

The Elmhurst Fire Department color guard stands in front of the sculpture “Vestige,” by Jason Peot, which was unveiled Wednesday, Sept. 11, during a ceremony dedicating Elmhurst’s new First Responders Memorial at the city’s Fire Station 2. (Graydon Megan/Pioneer Press)

Elmhurst dedicates First Responders Memorial on anniversary of 9/11

By Graydon Megan

September 13, 2024 at 5:08 a.m.

A new sculpture by Jason Peot evoking the towers of the World Trade Center is...

Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, pictured in 2011, is home to a variety of ornate tombstones and mausoleums. It's the subject of an upcoming bicycle tour. (Keri Wiginton/ baiduhai)

Oak Park area tours offer area history by foot, bus or bike

By Steve Metsch

September 12, 2024 at 2:02 p.m.

Autumn brings opportunities to learn more about the area, including tours of Hemingway's Oak Park,...

Becky Lorentzen of the CommUNITY Diversity Group, presents Russell Davenport with the 2024 Minnie Carr Community Service Award during the Race Unity Rally on Sunday at La Grange Village Hall. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Rally in La Grange celebrates diversity, area’s ‘web of connection’

By Hank Beckman

September 9, 2024 at 2:52 p.m.

An annual event dating back to the early 1990s in La Grange celebrated the area's...