Cam'ron Hardy

Cam’ron Hardy covers Oak Park for the Pioneer Press. An alum of Eastern Illinois University, he graduated with a B.A. in journalism and minored in film history and video production. He previously worked as an intern for the Chicago Tribune, Free Press Indiana and was a member of The New York Times Corps. Feel free to send in any story tips.

Fredrick Kendricks, of Chicago, smiles during a hidden disability healing circle event at Oak Park Public Library on April 8, in Oak Park. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Oak Park library’s hidden disabilities healing circle offers healing, ‘sense of belonging’

April 10, 2026 at 1:37 p.m.

People gathered to discuss their experiences with hidden disabilities at the Oak Park Public Library.

A child plays in 2016 on new equipment at Longfellow Park in Oak Park. That equipment is being donated to the nonprofit Kids Around the World, which will refurbish it and install it elsewhere, as Longfellow is getting two new playgrounds as part of a $2.4 million renovation project. (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune)

Expanded pickleball, age appropriate playgrounds coming to Oak Park’s Longfellow Park this fall

April 8, 2026 at 11:15 a.m.

Longfellow Park in Oak Park was last updated in 2016, and will now have pickleball courts as well as age appropriate playgrounds.

About 50 people gathered Monday, April 6, at the Oak Park Public Library to discuss the closing of West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park. (Cam'ron Hardy/ Pioneer Press)

Community gathers in Oak Park to process closure of West Suburban Medical Center

April 7, 2026 at 4:37 p.m.

Residents, former staff and officials discussed healthcare needs and the potential reopening of West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park.

A biohazard sign marks an area at Oak Park Village Hall on Friday, April 3, where medical sharps are accepted for disposal if they are properly packaged. (Cam'ron Hardy/ Pioneer Press)

Oak Park expands options for people to properly dispose medical sharps

April 7, 2026 at 5:03 a.m.

Syringes, autoinjectors, lancets and infusion sets are among the items now being accepted when packaged securely at Oak Park Village Hall.

Longtime Oak Park resident Faith Julian, whose family was among the first to integrate the village in the 1950s, died last month at age 82. (Julian family)

Faith Julian, whose family helped integrate Oak Park, remembered as ‘kind and generous’

April 3, 2026 at 2:14 p.m.

Faith Julian, whose family was among the first to integrate Oak Park in the 1950s, died in March at age 82.

Workers clear damaged vehicles from the scene of a crash Friday morning along Harlem Avenue in Oak Park. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

One dead after vehicle crashes into bus in Oak Park, 11 others injured

April 3, 2026 at 5:28 p.m.

Police said the driver of a passenger vehicle that crashed into a bus along Harlem Avenue in Oak Park died of a self-inflicted gunshot.

Employees walk to the parking lot at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park on March 27, 2026. The hospital abruptly announced it was suspending patient care this week. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

Potential deal to reopen West Suburban Medical Center under discussion

March 27, 2026 at 6:40 p.m.

A deal might be in the works to keep West Suburban Medical Center open, after the Oak Park hospital abruptly announced it was suspending patient care this week.

Workers cover an "Emergency" sign at West Suburban Medical Center on Thursday, March 26, in Oak Park. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

West Suburban Medical Center closure leaves patients, workers scrambling

March 27, 2026 at 7:27 a.m.

Mary McCullough came Thursday to visit her 18-year-old niece who had been hospitalized for a week at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park and was surprised as paramedics were...

West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park is pictured in August, 2025. Hospital officials announced Wednesday it would suspend all patient care operations amid an ongoing financial crisis. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)

Oak Park’s West Suburban Medical Center suspends patient care

March 25, 2026 at 6:36 p.m.

West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park is temporarily shutting down its patient care amid a yearlong financial crisis, officials said.

A new documentary film by Triton College professor Seth McClellan, of Oak Park, is available for streaming nationwide on KET, Kentucky's PBS station. The documentary "Shiners: Voices from Owsley County," focuses on a group of high school students living in one of the poorest counties in the country. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Oak Park filmmaker Seth McClellan shines a light on how young people overcome hardship

March 21, 2026 at 5:02 a.m.

The latest film by Triton College professor Seth McClellan, of Oak Park, looks at how rural Kentucky high school kids navigate life.

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