Chuck Fieldman

Chuck Fieldman is a freelance writer for the Pioneer Press.

Milan, left, and Aryan Bansal, students at Hinsdale Central High School, started a tutoring program for their peers who are student athletes. (Aryan Bansal)

Hinsdale Central brothers create tutoring program for athletes, because ‘struggle is real, but we can help’

October 27, 2025 at 3:17 p.m.

Hinsdale Central High students turned an idea into an organization that helps student athletes bridge the gap between sports and academics.

Gov. JB Pritzker smiles during the announcement of the first Governor's Blue Ribbon awards at Glen Oaks Elementary School in Hickory Hills on Oct. 10. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

Area schools lauded with new Blue Ribbon designation from state

October 14, 2025 at 1:45 p.m.

Several area schools are among the 28 in the state that have been announced as recipients in the Governor’s Blue Ribbon School Award program.

Downtown Clarendon Hills is set up for a Little League World Series watch party Aug. 16. Village officials have scheduled meetings to gather input on plans for the downtown area. (Brett Johnson/Pioneer Press)

Clarendon Hills seeking input on downtown plans via public meetings

October 10, 2025 at 1:40 p.m.

Clarendon Hills officials have scheduled a pair of meetings to gather public input on the future of the village’s downtown.

Clarendon Hills trustee Denice Kavuliak resigns from Village Board

October 7, 2025 at 10:34 a.m.

Village Board member Denice Kavuliak is stepping down about eight months after being appointed to fill another opening.

A young participant gets instructions from firefighter Nick McDonough as he races through an obstacle course to rescue a Teddy Bear in a smoke-filled room during the Hinsdale Fire and Police Departments Open House in 2019. This year's open house is planned for Saturday. (Jon Langham/Pioneer Press)

Hinsdale sets Fire and Police Open House, Fall Family Fest

October 6, 2025 at 5:13 p.m.

Hinsdale’s popular Fire & Police Open House and Fall Family Fest both are on schedule for October.

Students at Oak Elementary School in Hinsdale celebrate earning a National Blue Ribbon award in 2014. The National Blue Ribbon Schools program was ended abruptly by the Trump administration in Aug.. (Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181)

Hinsdale school officials disappointed by discontinuation of federal Blue Ribbon program

October 6, 2025 at 4:38 p.m.

Officials at Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 are disappointed by the elimination of the Blue Ribbon Schools program.

Artisan Market returns to Oakbrook Center Oct. 4-5

September 29, 2025 at 5:21 p.m.

About 115 vendors are expected to offer a variety of food, home goods and art at the free Oak Brook Artisan Market at Oakbrook Center

Students run on a sidewalk behind Forest Hills Elementary School in Western Springs in 2016. Western Springs village officials are seeking input for a Safe Routes to School Travel Plan they are developing after receiving a state grant. (Kevin Beese/Pioneer Press)

Western Springs seeks input on safe routes to area schools

September 26, 2025 at 4:57 p.m.

Western Springs was awarded $75,000 by the Illinois Department of Transportation to develop a Safe Routes to School plan.

A rendering depicts a four-story mixed use building development at Walker and Park Avenues in Clarendon Hills that officials approved Sept. 15. (Village of Clarendon Hills)

Four-story mixed use ‘oversized development’ in the works for 34 years gets OK in Clarendon Hills

September 23, 2025 at 12:12 p.m.

A Clarendon Hills resident who lives next to the land on which a mixed-use development is slated to be built wasn’t feeling any better about it last week than he...

A portion of a rendering depicts a vision of a proposed downtown plaza in Clarendon Hills. (Village of Clarendon Hills)

Clarendon Hills ‘taking a step back’ from downtown plaza plan

September 23, 2025 at 11:42 a.m.

Clarendon Hills officials put the brakes on a proposed downtown plaza as they eye a wider plan for the village's downtown.

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