The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy announced its annual awards which this year includes a few local homes and ...

I am a kid who lives in River Forest. I’ve lived here my whole life and really care about what happens in my community.  I ...

The Village of Oak Park released a new financial feasibility study on multi-unit developments under the proposed single-family zoning changes.

I am a kid who lives in River Forest. I’ve lived here my whole life and really care about what happens in my community.  I like taking the el and going into the city on adventures. I understand that ...

A Circuit Court judge upheld an Oak Park electoral board decision to overrule an appeal to the objection of an Israel ...

My husband and I attended one of the recent Shape the Village presentations at the Community Recreation Center. The room was overflowing — far too small for the hundreds of concerned residents who ...

A Washington D.C. think tank has asked the Office of Civil Rights of the United States Department of Education to investigate ...

We are wondering why Wednesday Journal is not reporting on a very frightening incident that occurred on Aug. 9 at 2 a.m. on the 700/800 blocks of South Humphrey when there were 50 youth yelling and ...

This is episode 12 in our series on the history of Oak Park housing as it relates to diversity and equity: Between 1968 and ...

Out my hotel window looms the purple mountain majesty of Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, dominating the horizon. I imagine ...

Dear Village President Scaman and Village Trustees, My name is. My wife and I are raising our three OPRF High School daughters in our home at 609 Wenonah Avenue. We have taught our daughters to be ...

On Sept. 28 the River Forest Board of Trustees considered a takeover of the Civic Center Authority (RFCCA) and its building. The RFCCA, a non-taxing body, voted Aug. 4 to transfer itself to the ...