Jesse Wright

Park Ridge City Council considering a property tax hike to fund $95M budget after years of no increase

November 18, 2025 at 4:06 p.m.

After consecutive post-pandemic years of not raising the city’s portion of property taxes, Park Ridge leaders are looking at such a hike for 2026 – along with several other local...

Triton College in River Grove will compete for the national Aspen Institute’s 2027 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. (Pioneer Press)

Triton College in running for 2027 Aspen Prize, $1 million award

November 18, 2025 at 1:33 p.m.

Triton College in River Grove will compete for the national Aspen Institute’s 2027 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.

Cathy Crawford, of Morton Grove, was among the demonstrators outside Morton Grove Village Hall Nov. 12, 2025 in Morton Grove, with Indivisible Skokie Morton Grove Lincolnwood, protesting federal immigration enforcement activities. (Brian O’Mahoney/for Pioneer Press)

Activists rally outside Morton Grove board meeting, calling for ICE-free rules in town. Mayor Witko says they would only be ‘symbolic.’

November 18, 2025 at 4:40 p.m.

A crowd estimated in the dozens gathered outside Village Hall in Morton Grove Wednesday – ahead of the Village Board meeting — for a rally where demonstrators hoped to urge...

Oak Park and River Forest High School educator Sheila Hardin, center, surrounded by her students, has been named the state’s best high school math teacher by the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (Oak Park and River Forest High School)

Oak Park and River Forest High School’s Sheila Harden lauded as math teacher of the year

November 11, 2025 at 11:05 a.m.

Oak Park and River Forest teacher Sheila Hardin was named the state’s best math teacher by the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Tommy Guzlas takes some swings at a pumpkin Nov. 8, 2025, in Crete. (Jesse Wright/for the Daily Southtown)

Pumpkins get a beating for greater good of the environment

November 9, 2025 at 2:37 p.m.

Pumpkins were whacked, beaten, hit and tossed off a deck at the Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve’s Pumpkin Smash in Crete.

A bagger puts groceries into plastic bags in May 2014 at a Chicago Jewel store. At a March 2, 2026 committee of the whole meeting, the Park Ridge City Council passed the first reading of a plastic bag ban for large retail stores. The city council will vote on it again at the next meeting.

Park Ridge City Council revisits talk of banning plastic grocery bags, but some question the impact: ‘I don’t think we’re going to solve climate change’

November 5, 2025 at 3:28 p.m.

Park Ridge city leaders had another discussion at the City Council Committee of the Whole meeting Monday night about potentially banning plastic grocery bags. The council is not expected to...

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Park Ridge City Council considering a property tax hike to fund $95M budget after years of no increase

Triton College in running for 2027 Aspen Prize, $1 million award

Activists rally outside Morton Grove board meeting, calling for ICE-free rules in town. Mayor Witko says they would only be ‘symbolic.’

Oak Park and River Forest High School’s Sheila Harden lauded as math teacher of the year

Pumpkins get a beating for greater good of the environment

Park Ridge City Council revisits talk of banning plastic grocery bags, but some question the impact: ‘I don’t think we’re going to solve climate change’

Halloween came early in Park Ridge as kids in costumes snagged candy from local business owners’ open trunks

Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce expecting a $10K boost from the city for Winterfest: ‘It’s such an expensive event’

Last day of Park Ridge famers market featured sizeable crowd, chilly temps and last-chance deals

Lyons Township School Board moves to sell Willow Springs property