We’re interested to see what input, if much, the community wants to offer in the effort to honor Dr. Percy Julian with a streetscape project along Chicago Avenue, from near his longtime home at East ...

Homemaker Gwendolyn Randella Rosario (nee Tiseth), 96, of Berwyn, formerly of Oak Park, died on Jan. 25, 2025. She was the ...

Architect, Plan Commission member Charles Anthony Bassett, 70, died on Jan. 10, 2025. Born on March 25, 1954, in Chicago, he grew up in the Humboldt Park neighborhood and graduated from Lane Tech High ...

Printmaker, art therapist Marilyn Ann Leonhart, 92, a former resident of Oak Park, died peacefully in her sleep at home in ...

Docent, founding member, Wright Trust Ann Marohn, 89, died peacefully on Jan. 15 in Lincolnwood. Born in Decatur in 1935, she ...

Journal published my letter four years ago on the threat posed by presidential pardons. With Hunter Biden and the Jan. 6 pardons, it is even more true today. Pardons should be reviewed, e.g. by a ...

America’s Hitler” is Yale-educated JD Vance’s label for Trump in a 2016 Facebook post. VP Vance now disavows this attention-grabbing comparison.  Character distinctions can be subtle and unreliable: ...

On Jan. 20, 2025, our country was blessed with the 60th Presidential Inauguration. President Trump won a resounding victory on Nov. 5, 2024 because voters were disillusioned. I believe the primary ...

Oak Park Firefighters IAFF Local 95 is proud to announce our endorsement for Vicki Scaman’s candidacy for re-election to the office of village president in the village of Oak Park. The primary goal of ...

ERNIE’S BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM Many readers have driven or walked by the Queen Anne Victorian at 339 N. Oak Park Ave. without ...

Journal continues reporting on the candidates for the village board and other local elections on April 1 and publishing their campaign statements, we are pleased that you will follow a standard of ...

Sorry, but I'm really busy shopping right now. I don't have time to go out to stores and revitalize the economy.