Scouts from local Scouting America Troop 16, based in Oak Park, retraced a section of the original path that Lewis and Clark ...

Set a route to rout your hunger at the River Forest Food Truck Rally. Plus find more recommendations in Oak Park and Forest ...

In the early 1980s the Murphy’s opened Philander’s, Oak Park’s first upscale, liquor-serving restaurant, on Pleasant, just ...

For more than 110 years Pompei has been a family-run, Taylor Street icon in Chicago. Now, a new generation is stepping up to ...

After nearly 30 years representing Illinois’ 7th congressional district, Davis announced he won’t be seeking reelection next ...

From garage designs to new development proposals, the Oak Park’s Historic Preservation Commission has had an active summer.

Several Oak Park trustees weighed in on the village’s Flock license plate readers, saying they want the cameras turned off.

After nine years working with the foundation to serve the region, Carrie Summy has landed the agency’s top job ...

In honor of Wednesday Journal’s 45th anniversary, we are recognizing former news carriers who made sure subscribers received ...

Carrie Summy, interim president of the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation, has been tabbed to keep the post ...

The department nearly doubled the amount of traffic stops it made in 2024 compared to 2023, making 5,167 stops last year ...

Mathew Takashi Kanno, 62, formerly of Oak Park, died from lung cancer on July 22, 2025 at Northwestern Prentice Hospital in ...