Patrick Newton, 67, died on July 8, 2026. His obituary ran on Aug. 5. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. in St. Edmund Church, 188 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, following visitation at 10 a.m.

Rev. Gerard T. Broccolo, 87, retired priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and former pastor of Ascension Parish in Oak Park, ...

Erik L. Sharpe died tragically on Aug. 20, 2026 in Leesburg, Florida. Born in Victorville, California on May 6, 1994, he grew up in the Oak Park-River Forest area. He was a faithful member of Midwest ...

Nona Stamp George, 83, a resident of Centennial, Colorado since December 2023, formerly of Chicago and River Forest, died on Aug. 11, 2026, after a long illness. Born on April 17, 1943, in Sioux Falls ...

I think that I shall never see An oak among our downtown trees … As our trees begin to please, turning color, some sooner, some later, I thought I would revisit a column that echoes back to 2014. You ...

Do I insulate my house first and then install heat pump HVAC — or the other way around? Who should I trust to install rooftop solar? If I switch to an induction stove, will I have to replace all my ...

I was talking with my mom recently about things that were completely normal when we were kids that seem crazy now. When she was growing up, kids spent entire summer days outside before sunscreen was ...

On Oct. 21, 1983, Oak Park native James Piszczo, an attorney and Judge Henry Gentile were shot and killed in a Cook County Court room. In the wake of this tragedy, 6,000 signatures across Oak Park ...

An 80-mph train running through the middle of River Forest? Four times in each direction every hour? I’d be a little surprised if that happened. I think the outcry over lights at the tennis courts ...

Writing a story (short fiction) for the Off Campus Writers Workshop’s (OCWW) 80th Anniversary, TILT: Off-Kilter Stories For A ...

The column “Politics is not a spectator sport” [Ken Trainor, Viewpoints, Sept. 2] addresses the need for a voter to become a lobbyist, not a hobbyist. Be active, not passive, when it comes to voting.

After reading Heather Cox Richardson this morning, I decided to write to my senators and representative, urging them to speak up about Trump’s unfitness. I give my consent to you to copy, paste and/or ...