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

River Forest police arrested and charged a person with four felony offenses after responding to a reported home invasion early on July 20 according to a press release. The preliminary investigation ...

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

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 ...

Thanks to everyone supporting the campaign to give Oak Park voters a voice on whether Illinois should repeal its anti-boycott law — our volunteers, donors and the residents who have signed our ...

We cannot eliminate single-family zoning! Our whole community would be affected negatively. It is already congested with recent apartment/condo units, not to mention all the ones that were already in ...

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 ...

As with so many of my neighbors, the body camera footage of the fatal shooting of Christian Wallace turned my stomach. As Village President Scaman stated, a transparent investigation is needed. Such ...

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

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

As the oversized 72–unit development for Madison and Ashland glides through its preordained approval process, River Forest’s village board has squandered a golden opportunity to actually serve the ...