Friday, May 18th, 2012 4:30 PM

The Park District of Oak Park and District 97 could share administrative space in either one of their current Madison Street headquarters, the vacant Volvo building on the same street or the current parking lot at Village Hall, board members from both entities said at a meeting Thursday.

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Friday, May 18th, 2012 12:31 PM

The investigation into a bomb threat found Wednesday and reportedly intended for the next afternoon at Oak Park and River Forest High was continuing on Friday, according to police and a letter to parents from Principal Nathaniel Rouse.

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Friday, May 18th, 2012 8:15 AM

There were perfect flying conditions on Thursday at Concordia University Chicago, host of the Class 3A Oak Park Track and Field Sectional.

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Thursday, May 17th, 2012 3:05 PM

The Windmills 10U softball team won the Rockford USSSA World Series qualifier.

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Thursday, May 17th, 2012 2:50 PM

Oak Park police arrested four Chicago teenagers who were allegedly the aggressors in a fight in the 300 block of Lake Street Monday afternoon. Police responded to a fight in progress around 3:30 p.m. on Lake Street just east of Ridgeland Avenue, said Police Sgt. Michael Richardson. 

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Thursday, May 17th, 2012 2:49 PM

River Forest police arrested two Chicago residents early Thursday morning outside a 7-Eleven they had just attempted to rob. Police responded to the store at Division Street and Harlem Avenue at 1:20 a.m. and took Kirby Wise, 38, and Stephany Powell, 51, into custody as they tried to escape in an unoccupied car parked in the alley behind the store, police said.

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Thursday, May 17th, 2012 2:29 PM

12:52 came and went Thursday without incident at Oak Park and River Forest High School. That moment was reported to be the time a bomb would go off at the school based on a threat that school officials became aware of on Wednesday. Some students in the lunchroom could be heard counting down from 10 as the clock approached the time, and others whose parents called them out of school were still waiting outside to be picked up.

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Thursday, May 17th, 2012 12:20 PM

A few extra police officers were present at Oak Park and River Forest High School and staff have limited student movement around the building during classes on Thursday, the day after a bomb threat was discovered written on the wall inside a bathroom stall. Attendance at the school was also substantially reduced as many parents chose to hold their kids back from classes Thursday.

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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 5:39 PM

A written bomb threat was discovered in a boys' bathroom at Oak Park and River Forest High School Wednesday afternoon. The threat referenced a disruption that would take place on Thursday afternoon.

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Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 10:00 PM

The phrase "one middle school, two campuses" might cause consternation among some Oak Park parents. But it's a common model of looking at multiple middle schools in a single-school district and one that Supt. Albert Roberts would like to see District 97 emulate. The recent hiring of new principals at Brooks and Julian middle schools last week could help make that vision a reality.

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