23+ hour, 33+ min ago  (566+ words) The western suburb's only professional year-round theater company, Forest Theatre Company, is wrapping up its first full indoor season this month with George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man." The planwill run at Madison Street Theater in Oak Park from…...

1+ day, 39+ min ago  (22+ words) Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest Never miss a headline! Join the discussion on social media!...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (500+ words) Tailgating, teacher appreciation, graduation, weddings, baby showers, funerals and many life events in between, Alpine Food Shop caters them all. Feeding the community is a tradition cherished by the owners and customers alike." Twenty-six years ago, Kathy Bonaccorsi and her…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (286+ words) After retirement, in 2011 Jean and David moved from Oak Park to Marengo, where Jean designed a farmhouse and then a barn, fulfilling her dream of owning a hobby farm. She thoroughly enjoyed taking care of their sheep, donkeys, and barn…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (243+ words) In recent years, issues of race, neighborhood equity, educationand politics have topped news cycle coverage on TV news, social mediaplatformsand print news publications." That'swhy on Thursday, April 16 Wednesday Journal is partnering with Dominican University's school of educationto host a community…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (207+ words) Robert "Bob" Vogler, 73, who lived in Oak Park with his husband, Tony Dobrowolski, since 1992, died on March 30, 2026. Bob grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, and attended Henry Ford Junior College and Wayne State University, where he majored in Music Education. He…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (463+ words) West Suburban Medical Center ownership owes'nearly $5 million'in local property taxes, according to analysis by the Oak Park Township assessor's office.' 'Hospital owners owe over $3. 08 million in 2024 property taxes due last year, over $1. 69 million from the first installment of 2025 taxes due…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (270+ words) Episode 5 of a 12-part series on village housing as it relates to diversity and equity: In the early decades of the 20th century, Jews seeking to live in Oak Park faced similar obstacles as African Americans. Housing shortages in Chicago, entrenched…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (354+ words) Attorneys for'the "Broadview 6" included records of a federal agent's private and official communications in their latest court filing arguing that the'defendants'were targeted for prosecution over their political activism.' Prosecutors filed'an indictment'last October alleging that the six were among a crowd…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (801+ words) Eighth grader Isaiah Morquecho always wanted to wrestle." Why? His big brother Jeremiah Hernandez did, and he wanted to be just like him." Hernandez went on to wrestle successfully for Oak Park and River Forest High School and is graduating…...