One of the few communities in Oakland County that doesn't allow alcohol to be sold by the glass may soon allow restaurant guests to have a beer or win...
Don Harmon's street cred as a "reformer" or progressive has to be questioned. Judged through a larger prism, Don Harmon, the state senator who represents Oak Park, isn't challenging the status quo. He is the status quo.
If you're looking for a statement home in Oak Park's historic Frank Lloyd Wright district, we've got good news for you. The Horatio Norton House (a...
I have always clung to my family's history as something that defines me in a way I have yet to understand. I feel ignorant though when people ask when was the last time I visited, because I simply haven't... ever.
Ernie greets every customer by name. If it's your first time, he calls you Baby, makes you hold out your open palm, hands out a bunch of Hershey Kisses, and then introduces himself as a friend for life.
A Tuesday meeting of the Oak Park Board of Health attracted the attention of gun rights advocates across the state, who fear the village may approve l...
Urban planner Jeff Soule remembers the moment he first fully appreciated the beauty of Baltimore's Charles Village.
As cities are increasingly legislating against multitasking on the road, a Chicago suburb is considering a ban on eating behind the wheel. Oak Par...
While some of our weekends will be dominated by large-scale celebrations of Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez Day, it may be worth pausing that festive ...
The city may not have the dirt it needs on Julie Bass's garden, so it's going after the farm animals instead. Prosecutors in Oak Park, Mich., have ...
This post has been updated with new information and quotations since it was first published on Friday, July 8. This isn't your typical, garden-vari...
Suburban high school officials are suing the parents of two students enrolled in classes during the 2009-2010 school year, accusing the family of livi...
Mary Jane McGraw knew her foreclosure ordeal was over when a man showed up on her doorstep and told her that her home in Oak Park, Calif., had been so...
Business owners and police in Oak Park are on the lookout for an imposter faking his way into discounts by redeeming bogus shopping certificates. ...
A student at suburban Oak Park-River Forest High School in Illinois could face expulsion for publishing a list of 50 of his female peers, ranking them...
Okay, so we admit that despite it being the hottest new dance move of 2010, we're still not entirely sure how to Dougie. But that didn't keep us fro...
A stay-at-home Oak Park dad looking for something to do while his daughter napped in the afternoon decided to start a rather unusual project: creating...
Michael Aguayo, an employee of the village of Oak Park, has sued his employer over alleged harassment due to his sexual orientation. Aguayo has worke...
Oak Park is looking into placing some new restrictions on taxi drivers and companies, such as a loose dress code and a ban on smoking by either the dr...
Striking the perfect balance between lively city and historical hub, west suburban Oak Park has been named one of the top ten neighborhoods in the Uni...
When Fortune magazine asked comic book artist and Oak Park resident Chris Ware to design the cover of their "Fortune 500" issue, they were probably no...
A man who has been arrested almost 180 times -- and whose presence on the CTA's Green Line has instilled fear among riders whom he aggressively panhan...
What Beye Elementary saw as an effort to prevent anti-gay slurs in the classroom turned into a tug-of-war over whether teachers should discuss same-se...
Our troubles had begun when my wife Kirsten took the job teaching art, K-8, at a West Side elementary school. Then came the informal adoptions.
A Cook County judge says a suburban Chicago homeless man can't run for the village board because he doesn't have an address. The judge on Monday uphe...
