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The Park Ridge Park District has a number of St. Patrick's Day events planned for 2025, including "The Leprechaun Hunt" March 12 and March 13 in Park Ridge.

Park Ridge City Council OKs new Higgins Road Dunkin’ Donuts store with drive-thru, but IDOT still has to approve

August 26, 2025 at 11:28 a.m.

The Park Ridge City Council gave its approval for construction of a new Dunkin’ Donuts – that will have a drive through and replace another location that doesn’t – but...

Park Ridge police Chief Bob Kampwirth holds up a new street sign during the Aug. 18, 2025 City Council Committee of the Whole meeting that warns would-be e-scooter and e-bike riders to stay off sidewalks in the city. (Jesse Wright/for Pioneer Press)

With new e-bike rules set in Park Ridge, police are figuring out how to enforce them

August 26, 2025 at 11:06 a.m.

About a month after the Park Ridge City Council passed regulations on electric bikes and scooters, police Chief Bob Kempwirth told aldermen his officers are trying to recognize bike types...

Triton Engineering Chair Andrea Blaylock, from left, works with Amber Woods and Flynn Riordan to build a motor for a submarine last week at Building Giants Manufacturing Camp at Triton College in River Grove. (Jesse Wright/Pioneer Press)

Summer camp at Triton College goes deep into letting kids build stuff

August 12, 2025 at 3:18 p.m.

Building Giants Manufacturing Camp at Triton College in River Grove is a hands-on opportunity for kids to learn some mechanical skills.

An estimated 600 people came out Saturday, Aug. 9 to the Park District of Franklin Park's annual Touch a Truck event. (Jesse Wright/Pioneer Press)

Trucks, buses and even a riding lawnmower take center stage at Franklin Park summer wrapup event

August 11, 2025 at 6:35 p.m.

Summer went out with a honk at the Park District of Franklin Park's annual touch a truck event, which drew about 600 people.

High school soccer players from six Southland teams set out pastries and beverages for residents at Avantara as part of a day of volunteering Aug. 8, 2025 in Evergreen Park. (Jesse Wright/for the Daily Southtown)

High school soccer players give back through Buddy’s Helpers program

August 10, 2025 at 8:55 a.m.

Brother Rice, Marist, Eisenhower, Shepard, Richards and Mount Carmel soccer players helped at Avantara memory care in Evergreen Park

Retired Orland Park police Officer Michael Dalaly stands next to his restored 1963 Ford police car and chats with residents Tuesday, Aug. 5 during National Night Out at the Public Safety Complex in Orland Park. (Jesse Wright/Daily Southtown)

Cop cars and a copter highlight National Night Out in Orland Park

August 7, 2025 at 9:52 a.m.

The Orland Park community spent the night together Tuesday as part of the National Night Out Against Crime event.

The summer reading program at the Morton Grove Public Library came to an end, and workers marked it with a celebration feature participating kids and their families Aug. 2, 2025 on the lawn of the library in Morton Grove. (Jesse Wright/for Pioneer Press)

Summer reading program at Morton Grove Public Library winds down as kids prepare to head back to school

August 5, 2025 at 1:49 p.m.

The upcoming start of the new school year also marked the end of the Morton Grove Public Library’s summer reading program, and a lawn party was held Saturday that celebrated...

The issue of plastic grocery bags was raised at the Aug. 4, 2025 Park Ridge City Council Committee of the Whole meeting. City leaders are looking to whether Park Ridge would ban or tax them. Bigger grocers like Jewel and Mariano's would likely be unfazed either way, leaders believe. (File/baiduhai)

Park Ridge city leaders could ban single use plastic grocery bags or tax them. Business owners to weigh in.

August 5, 2025 at 12:08 p.m.

Park Ridge city leaders are considering either outright banning single use plastic bags or charging for them at major grocers. At the City Council Committee of the Whole meeting Monday,...

UChicago Medicine AdventHealth hospital in Hinsdale and its hospital in La Grange received a $2.4 million donation from the estate of Dorothy V. Clarke and Kenton H. Clarke Jr. (Kimberly Fornek/Pioneer Press)

Longtime Hinsdale family bequeaths $2.4 million to hospital foundation

July 31, 2025 at 12:54 p.m.

The estate of Dorothy Clarke, Kenton H. Clarke Jr. and their son Irving Vant Clarke donated $2.4 million to the Hinsdale based hospital.

Teenagers ride electric bikes with unknown classifications on July 3, 2025 in Roselle. The Park Ridge City Council approved new rules for that city on July 21 regarding e-bikes and e-scooters, including age specifications. (Paulina Czupryna /baiduhai)

Park Ridge City Council sets limits, rules on e-bike and e-scooter operation around town

July 29, 2025 at 12:27 p.m.

After more than a month of debate, the Park Ridge City Council approved the city’s first regulations on electric bikes and electric scooters – in an effort to create guidelines...

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