Steve Schering

Oak Park and River Forest High School held its 142nd Commencement on June 3, 2018, in Oak Park. With graduation looming, the OPRF school board is set to vote on temporary grading changes to allow more students to take part in the graduation ceremony.

With graduation looming, OPRF High School board set to vote on grading policy changes following student demands

May 27, 2021 at 7:54 p.m.

After meeting with students who were concerned about the effects of the pandemic on their peers, the Oak Park and River Forest High School board is set to vote on...

An employee for Waste Management collects trash in Berwyn in 2011. With its five-year contract with Waste Management due to expire in early 2022, the village of Oak Park will begin to seek bids from companies interested in being its next garbage hauler.

Oak Park to seek new garbage contract for 2022, will ask for bids on new composting, leaf collection options

May 26, 2021 at 8:19 p.m.

With its five-year contract with Waste Management due to expire in early 2022, the village of Oak Park is beginning preliminary work to seek its next garbage hauler. Currently, Waste...

Mak Flournoy rides in a vehicle during the 2020 Oak Park Juneteenth car caravan. This year, the village of Oak Park will co-sponsor the caravan, which is slated to begin and end June 19 at Taylor Park, 400 Division St.

Oak Park to co-sponsor Juneteenth car caravan event, reimburse up to $2,000 in expenses

May 26, 2021 at 7:25 p.m.

Oak Park trustees unanimously approved a plan to co-sponsor the village's upcoming Juneteenth car caravan event, as well as reimburse organizers for up to $2,000 worth or expenses related to...

Customers stand in line inside the Oak Park Post Office, 901 Lake St., on May 19. Oak Park resident David Sokol, a member of the village's historic preservation commission, is hoping the commission and local experts can assist the U.S. Postal Service with maintaining the building.

Historic preservationist seeks restoration of Oak Park’s main post office, ‘one of our architectural treasures’

May 25, 2021 at 2:27 p.m.

In a town known for its architecture, one of Oak Park's hidden gems may be its main Post Office sitting in the shadow of Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple. It...

Percy Julian Middle School 8th-grader Liam O'Connor (above) and classmate Charlie Newman worked on a community service project by interviewing Vietnam veterans to share their stories on a website they created.

Oak Park students share five Vietnam veterans’ stories on website as part of community service project

May 24, 2021 at 11:09 p.m.

Vietnam veteran Al Krause is used to telling his own story to local school children; however, two Oak Park eighth graders are now helping to share his experiences online to...

FBI searching for ‘bandaged bandit,’ suspect in Elmhurst, Elmwood Park, Skokie, Arlington Heights armed robberies

May 24, 2021 at 9:01 p.m.

The FBI's Chicago office said it is searching for a man known as the "bandaged bandit," an individual wanted in connection with at least seven armed robberies in the area....

The River Forest Police Department Color Guard leads the 2018 River Forest Memorial Day Parade. In lieu of its annual parade, this year the village will host a Memorial Day ceremony May 31 at Memorial Parkway along Lake Street.

River Forest to host Memorial Day ceremony Monday morning at Memorial Parkway

May 24, 2021 at 8:33 p.m.

In lieu of its annual parade, the village of River Forest will host a Memorial Day ceremony Monday morning at Memorial Parkway on Lake Street. The event is set to...

Oak Park police are investigating a shooting that occurred in the 600 block of South Lombard Avenue during the early morning hours of May 23.

Three taken into custody following early Sunday shooting in Oak Park

May 24, 2021 at 6:51 p.m.

Police in Oak Park are investigating a shooting incident in which multiple gunshots were allegedly fired in the early morning hours of Sunday, according to the village. Oak Park police...

Brewpoint Craft, which recently opened a coffee shop in the space formerly occupied by L!VE Cafe at 163 S. Oak Park Ave., is seeking a liquor license in order to sell cocktails at its Oak Park location.

Brewpoint Craft to seek liquor license for new coffee shop on Oak Park Avenue

May 21, 2021 at 7:19 p.m.

Just weeks after opening in the space formerly occupied by L!VE Cafe, the owner of the new Brewpoint Coffee location in Oak Park is seeking a liquor license to begin...

Beye Elementary principal resigns, District 97 will begin immediate search for successor

May 20, 2021 at 8:20 p.m.

Oak Park District 97 announced Jennifer Schemidt has resigned as principal of Beye Elementary School, 230 N. Cuyler Ave., effective June 30. In her resignation letter, Schemidt announced she is...

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