The following letter was written for longtime Oak Park resident Jack Kernan, who died in December at the age of 100. It was ...

Since 1930, Russell’s Barbecue has consistently served up juicy, tender meats just waiting to be kissed by their signature ...

Food folks need you! Each year the Chamber of Commerce gives out its Spotlight Awards the Excellent Eats award, went to ...

Even though the world around us is going to hell in Trump’s handbasket, there is a more compelling and immediate concern we ...

U.S. Bank officials are disappointed by Oak Park's plan to acquire the bank’s Madison St branch for the future home of the ...

Do you want cream in your coffee, honey?” Lois Spurr asked Ernie Baumann in June 1966. And with that, the two fell head over ...

Village officials told Wednesday Journal last week that they don’t yet know what day the new Pete's Fresh Market is scheduled ...

Oak Park’s government opened up a $4 million line of credit to the Oak Park Public Library to keep up the system’s operations ...

Oak Park police arrested a juvenile from Chicago on gun related charges earlier this month. Police arrested the juvenile on ...

Since April, Oak Park has been defending its ban on natural gas hookups in new buildings in federal court.

John Scott, 72, of Western Springs and previously Oak Park and River Forest, died peacefully on Dec. 22, 2026. A proud ethnic ...

OPRF High School’s senior wrestler Jeremiah Hernandez won the 157-pound title at the Redwood Invitational, Jan. 9-10.