He announced the news July 15 after filing to run for U.S. Congress in May, but will retire from politics if Danny Davis runs ...

Gas station giant QuikTrip is in early stages of bid for blighted Mohr Concrete site that’s in foreclosure in south Oak Park ...

Gus N. Boudros, 53, has died. Born on November 6, 1971, in Oak Park, he was a lifelong resident and proudly called it home.

The Illinois writer Ray Bradbury grew up in Green Town. So did Ernest Hemingway. For Bradbury, Green Town was Waukegan. For ...

Whatever replaces the grim vestiges of the Mohr Concrete plant at Harlem and Garfield has got to be an improvement. Right? We know the residential neighbors of the long-closed plant were not enamored ...

It must be galling to Don Harmon to be fined $9.8 million for “improperly accepting campaign cash” when the President of the United States openly accepts gifts and bribes from foreign leaders! Trump ...

My girlfriend and I took a recent trip to downtown Oak Park, as we often do. We could tell we made it downtown along North Boulevard outside the CTA due to the mélange of hot asphalt, urine, and ...

Wilmette’s park district commissioners selected Chris Lindgren, PDOP’s deputy director, community’s next park leader ...

Imagine throwing a dinner party and not showing up — while your guests are left with only the caterers. That’s what recent public meetings in Oak Park felt like. Instead of attending to hear resident ...

Sadly, you won’t see Go Plastic Free at the Farmers Market this month, so you won’t have a hands-on experience of the many plastic-free items on the market. Instead, we’ll describe some here, focusing ...

Another protest against President Donald Trump is planned for Oak Park this week, following demonstrations in April and June ...

Oak Park has been introducing white, flexible poles around school or certain parks to increase pedestrian safety. However, they do not help bikers. Around nine months ago, I was biking home from ...