Neil Sheehan, 94, a longtime resident of Oak Park, and retired grade school principal who spent over 40 years inspiring lives ...

The River Forest Civic Center has played an important role in village life for more than three decades, providing a home for our beloved River Forest Community Center and other valued services. At its ...

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 ...

My husband and I are in our mid-70s. We were lucky enough to buy our first house in 1976 when we were 25 and 26. Before that, we started out in a windowless “illegal” basement apartment on the ...

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 ...

It’s past time to bear witness against the unaccountable, sadistic hoards of roving bullies, daily seen on our screens. It’s time to call them by their true names: Brownshirts. Pat Healey55-year resid ...

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 ...

Oak Park single-family home. Within the last few months, there was a shooting incident in the alley behind the 700 block of South Humphrey and a crowd of teenagers and young adults taking over the ...

During a widely acknowledged housing crisis nationwide, every local government should be looking for ways to lower housing costs. Doing so decreases local rates of homelessness (Pew) and increases the ...

I am writing to those elected village officials who can vote to make a difference so that Oak Park can continue to be a leading village in so many ways. You really make decisions to help various human ...

While local families are stretching budgets to buy groceries, tons of good food end up in landfills. According to the World Wildlife Fund, nearly one-third of food in the U.S. goes uneaten, with half ...