9+ hour, 46+ min ago  (164+ words) We are living through a revolt against the future." The future will prevail. "We have won enough," she writes, "that we are in, what isto some, the unfamiliar position of defending an imperfect and incomplete revolution against backlash and counterrevolution....

11+ hour, 21+ min ago  (290+ words) The developers behind a controversial proposal for a mid-rise apartment building near a historic site have withdrawn their application for village approval." The preservation commission denied the necessary certificate four times in total, while some residents in the immediate area…...

11+ hour, 8+ min ago  (224+ words) Oak Park police'are investigating'reports of an attempted kidnapping in the village over the weekend.' A man driving a'silver colored'Toyota Sienna with no registration approached an Oak Park woman in the 1000 block of Chicago Avenue at 10: 50 a. m. Saturday, April 25. The suspect'attempted'to pick…...

10+ hour, 23+ min ago  (233+ words) Michael'Wilkey, 83, died on April 12, 2026. Mike was a character, truly one of a kind: a fierce lover of people, a playful spirit, and an advocate for social justice. Born and raised on the West Side of Cincinnati, he entered the seminary…...

6+ hour, 8+ min ago  (514+ words) Government audit records have shed new light on failing conditions inside West Suburban Medical Center in the leadup to the hospital's abrupt closure in late March." Both government probes were completed in February, just weeks before the hospital shut down…...

14+ hour, 13+ min ago  (344+ words) Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest Never miss a headline! Recently, state Senator Adriane Johnson proposed SB3530, limiting security deposits and capping rent increases to 3. 5% a year. I am a small landlord. I own the two flat I live…...

8+ hour, 41+ min ago  (307+ words) When will Republicans reject Trump? Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest Never miss a headline! Grotesquely tone deaf. How else to judge Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's defense of Trump's threat to wipe out "a whole civilization" in Iran?...

14+ hour, 30+ min ago  (291+ words) This is the sixth installment of a series on Oak Park housing history as it relates to diversity and equity:" The G. I. Bill of Rights" With the goal of preserving Oak Park's'suburban character, the 1947 ordinance"banned, unless exempted on a case-by-case…...

15+ hour, 23+ min ago  (770+ words) Whether it was Oak Park and River Forest High School baseball or adult softball, Andrew Hagins was the kind of player with big-time power. In both venues, his home runs were the stuff of legend. "There was a time where…...

9+ hour, 34+ min ago  (21+ words) Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest Never miss a headline! Join the discussion on social media!...