La Grange Park shelter looks to future
In the 16 years since it opened, La Grange Park animal shelter Catnap From the Heart has given more than 11,000 animals homes. And they just keep coming. "We're seeing...
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LemonAid effort collects more than $30,000 to build playground
A River Forest neighborhood exceeded its goal and collected more than $30,000 for charity during the annual Sept. 11 LemonAid Stand event. The money will be used to build a...
Literary lesson brings OPRF students closer to 9/11 tragedy
A fictional account of Sept. 11, 2001, is helping make the horrors surrounding that day more real for a group of Oak Park high school students too young to remember...
Parents press for air conditioning in Oak Park elementary schools
Water, room rotations and ice pops are no replacement for air conditioning at Oak Park's elementary schools, frustrated parents told School District 97 officials this week. As temperatures climbed to...
For this year’s 9/11 fundraiser, River Forest neighbors think big
In a west suburban neighborhood, a love of camaraderie and a cool glass of lemonade has grown into an annual fundraiser that brings in thousands of dollars each year on...
Once cut, OPRF debate team gets another chance
Winning arguments is a unmatched pleasure for members of the Oak Park and River Forest High School debate club, who are preparing for another season after school officials agreed to...
Plan for Oak Park challenged as too expensive
A sweeping plan for Oak Park's future collided with budget realities Tuesday, when trustees questioned the plan's costs and scope. The plan, developed from community input, sketches an Oak Park...
Oak Park students jump at chance to learn human chess
Normally sedate, the game of chess takes on a different feel at an Oak Park school playground, where teams of kids holler out moves and play by jumping spaces on...
Oak Park students jump at chance to learn human chess
Normally sedate, the game of chess takes on a different feel at an Oak Park school playground, where teams of kids holler out moves and play by jumping spaces on...
Alleged theft raises questions about little-known schools post
The recent arrest of a former suburban school treasurer charged with stealing $1.5 million from schools has cast a rare light on a little-known office that exists only in Cook...