Oak Park has two Gunderson Historic Districts: one lies north of 290 in the area bounded by Ridgeland and Scoville Avenues ...

The River Forest Township Board met in closed session to interview the three finalists for the position of River Forest ...

River Forest police arrested and charged a person with four felony offenses after responding to a reported home invasion.

It did not take long for new Fenwick High School aquatics director Brigitte Kusevskis to put her imprint on the program. In a press release, July 16, the school announced the hirings of Bryan Lee as ...

Forest Theatre Company performs annual Shakespeare play for 1st time in Oak Park, and at historic Moore-Dugal House beginning Aug. 7 ...

White postcards arrived in mailboxes across Oak Park last week, asking “SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED?” about ending single-family zoning. Members of the recently organized group Maybe in My Back Yard (MIMBY ...

The Oak Park village board discusses a motion to draft policy on pretext traffic stops at the meeting on July 21, 2026. Credit: Sydney Lovan Oak Park village staff, the Citizens Police Oversight ...

River Forest officials amended the Historic Preservation code in an effort to streamline it while also creating two liquor ...

Oak Park and River Forest High School will boost its academic support staff by two positions in time for an August school opening.

Affordability and diversity have been cited as major goals in wanting to change the single-family zoning code. If about half of the village’s current housing units are multifamily, mostly rentals, as ...