Oak Park Police have responded to several burglary incidents over the last week, according to their published activity ...

It has been a more transparent and community-focused process than we have come, over decades, to expect from the Catholic Church. And still, the announcement on Sunday that St. Catherine-St. Lucy ...

Oak Park leaders don’t want you to give money to panhandlers, they hope that you’ll donate to Housing Forward instead ...

A lawsuit filed by a former Fenwick High School leaders had covered up and enabled sexual abuse by a teacher was settled ...

I love doing my village business virtually! I can pay fines, register my car and watch board meetings in my living room!

Rev. Martin Marty died last week at the age of 97. A prolific writer, teacher and preacher, he was the kind of Christian who gave Christianity a good name. When I interviewed him in 1997, he was ...

Unregulated THC poses a serious risk to our community. As parents, residents, and public health advocates, we support an Oak Park ban on products containing unregulated forms of THC, including Delta-8 ...

A recent letter to the Wednesday Journal [Viewpoints, Feb. 26] supports Nathan Mellman and Joshua Gertz’s candidacy for the District 200 school board stating, “What you want is a board member … who ...

Last week’s forum at the public library was ridiculous and poorly moderated. There is a reason the League of Women Voters are trained in conducting these candidate forums. That every candidate is ...

Turning Gaza into a U.S.-built “Riviera” was just another Trumpian grab for a headline. It’s long been obvious that Trump can’t stand to let a day go by without making “news,” no matter how ridiculous ...

From 2019 through 2024, the village of Oak Park paid a large sum to two architectural firms for multiple ideas/drawings for a new village hall, and we are still barely off the ground. The cost ...

During the 2024 national election cycle as a Gen Z voter and new college graduate with a degree in Special Education, I voted for candidates who vowed to care for all its constituents. After the ...