Marines Corps veteran turned stand-up comedian John McCombs has filed to run for U.S. Congress. Credit: COurtesy of John McCombs for Congress John McCombs hasn’t spent much of any time around ...

We were happy to read an article in last week´s Wednesday Journal celebrating Ali ElSaffar´s 25 years of wonderful service as assessor for the Oak Park Township, and would like to add our ...

Oak Park police have arrested several individuals over the last week on charges of assault or battery in connection with violent incidents ...

Annie Harnett (née Healy), 95, of River Forest, died on July 17, 2025. Born in Killacloran, Aughrim, County Wicklow, Ireland, on Jan. 13, 1930. Annie was a Registered Nurse who worked in Ireland ...

Oak Park, it seems, is about to have another debate about the use by local police of license plate reading technology provided by the Flock Safety Corporation. Oak Park first installed these ...

Maureen Catherine (Heraty) Lantero, 90, a resident of University Park, Florida, formerly River Forest, who never forgot a birthday, an anniversary, or the best route to any far-reaching corner of ...

Rarely do our village officials and the public get a free educational opportunity like the one this Thursday evening. That’s when zoning experts from the Illinois Chapter of the American ...

“I don’t want ice cream trucks in this. Ice cream trucks are not food trucks – there’s a difference,” he said. Ice cream trucks drive up and down streets, incessantly playing some ...

No need to get your passport out to enjoy authentic Korean food. Seoul Avenue opened in early July at 728 Lake St. in Oak Park.

Takeout 25 isn’t going anywhere, but it is ramping down hosting events. Taste the Town, which started as a way to elevate local restaurants.

Housing Forward agency leaders said it will be able to double capacity of its new emergency overnight shelter in Oak Park thanks to a new grant from Cook County. Housing Forward, a non-profit ...

Prior to the “No Kings” march in June, a number of groups offered online trainings on staying safe, should the National Guard, police, etc. arrive and cause (bad) trouble. I happened on an ...