Maywood has big hopes for historic home
Scaffolding covered in white tarp wraps around the entrance of the dilapidated red brick Georgian structure on First Avenue between Ohio and Lake streets in west suburban Maywood. Workers are...
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Oak Park OKs plan that will allow new school district office
Oak Park officials approved an ordinance Monday night to allow the village to use Madison Street tax-increment financing funds to construct public school structures. During a brief meeting, the Village...
Grant boosts Euclid Square Park plans
For the ninth year in a row, the Park District of Oak Park is receiving an Illinois Department of Natural Resources grant to upgrade one of its parks. On Saturday,...
Teen killed in Rosemont’s first homicide in a decade
A 14-year-old Des Plaines boy who became Rosemont's first homicide victim in a decade was shot to death just steps from the Allstate Arena, police said, and was remembered by...
Oak Park raises tens of thousands of dollars via American Express rebate
How does Oak Park pay some of its bills? The same way many of you probably do: with a credit card. For several years, the village has used an American...
For some baseball fans, there’s no such thing as an offseason
Within a minute of the final out in Game 7 of the World Series, I had left my neighborhood bar and was moseying along the 500-foot walk to my Lincoln...
2015 preview: Oak Park and La Grange
The coming year could produce a sales tax increase in La Grange, a decision on a new pool for Oak Park and River Forest High School and permission for bars...
2014 in review: Oak Park and La Grange
Groundbreakings, unruly weather and leadership changes were among the events that dominated the scene in the La Grange and Oak Park areas in 2014. Here's a look at some of...
Mayoral challengers call for suspension of red light camera program
Chicago mayoral challengers Jesus "Chuy" Garcia and Ald. Bob Fioretti are calling for an immediate suspension of the city's red light camera program. Citing a recent Tribune study that found...
La Grange nurses brighten holiday for kids who whose mom died in hospice
Christmas arrived early for the Hernandez family of La Grange this year. Less than three weeks after their mother died at Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital, Cristian, 12; Dulce, 9;...