Andrew Joseph Zeh, age 11, was the youngest of five children spread across 14 years. As an explanation for his eye rolls, hip ...

At the beginning of the Oak Park Village Board meeting on May 19, 2026, during the non-agenda public comment phase, an Oak Park resident of 39 years named Rick Easty contributed his voice to the ...

The expression “It takes a village …” is commonly used. I would like to amend it to “It takes everyone” in my case. A year ago, I suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke. Over the course of this past ...

Years ago, Diego Armando Maradona said, “La pelota no se mancha”— the ball does not get stained. Reflecting on a life marked by brilliance, mistakes, and addiction, he believed football had to remain ...

You were in your 90s. We got introduced by a mutual friend who likely knew that we were kindred activist spirits. A longtime River Forest resident, you now were at Brookdale Senior Living and played a ...

Bonnie Jean von Ebers (nee Laper), 67, of Oak Park, died peacefully on July 19, 2026. She spent her final days surrounded by ...

Have you ever considered serving on a local village, school or park board? The League of Women Voters of Oak Park-River Forest is sponsoring a program to encourage area residents who are considering ...

Carl Olson has a long history with LemonAid – since his literal birth in August 2001. That was a few weeks before the 9/11 ...

Comedian Richard Pryor advised his fans never to admit to infidelity even if caught in the act: “Who you gonna believe, your lyin’ eyes or me?” The River Forest Planned Development Review Board took a ...

Oak Park’s zoning debate has lost its moorings. The fight over it has become the sorcerer’s apprentice scene from Fantasia: the brooms multiplying, the water rising, no one able to make it stop. Can ...

Shame on you. Your insinuation that the officer involved in the shooting on May 31, acted out of some type of racial animus is appalling. [Race and traffic stops, Dan Haley, Viewpoints, July 22]. I ...

Oak Park residents deserve the opportunity to weigh in directly on the future of single-family zoning. Recognizing the significance of this issue, I fought to place an advisory referendum before the ...