After more than two decades in the international corporate world, Parakkat said he made a decision to fundamentally change ...

In candid interviews with the Journal late last week both Vicki Scaman and Ravi Parakkat, the candidates for Oak Park village president in next week’s election, acknowledged that this campaign has ...

A donation of blood is a gift of one’s self to another human being they will likely never meet. On April 5, St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church will join forces with Moms Demand Action, an advocacy ...

It’s easy to find the darkness in the world and tap into frustration and negativity. Gregory Neumer never did. Neumer, 85, of ...

Some of the park property may need to be added to the property if it is not large enough. A building, maybe even over the 20-story size, much like the “milk carton” building out by Oak Brook off ...

At the last village board meeting on March 18, President Scaman was asked what specifically made her flip her stance regarding the demolition of village hall. Her response was, after meeting with the ...

The annoying sound of leaf blowers in my neighborhood reminds me that the Oak Park ban on gas-powered leaf blowers goes into effect on June 1. Finally. But the ban is only going to be as good as the ...

Chibuike Enyia and Jenna Leving Jacobson will keep Oak Park moving forward and deserve your vote on April 1. Four years ago, when Chibuike Enyia ran for village trustee, he campaigned on the urgency ...

I urge readers to contact their state legislators to support IL Senate Bill 1559. This bill would require the state to conduct a traffic study following any crash involving a pedestrian fatality at an ...

There’s longstanding, powerful pressure on District 200 board members to fall in line on spending. Josh Gertz and Nate Mellman question things like the increase in spending for high school ...

The new science curriculum at OPRF needs a hard look by a new board. In 2020, the D200 board approved a plan to overhaul freshman science. The reasons were to align with new state standards (NGSS), to ...

This year’s Memorial Day commemoration marks a very special milestone — celebrating its 100th anniversary! On this day, residents of River Forest and nearby areas come together for what has become one ...